Most Absurd Outrage Story of the Week?

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My primary school had several celebrations of other cultures. Mostly asian cultures as that made up a decent percent of our Schools population. We ALWAYS had food that was associated with those culutres to try for lunch. There was never any fuss even when it blatantly played to stereotypes... we had an Indian style meal where you could try different curries, spiced treats and rices etc... pretty much as stereotypical as it gets and everyone loved it.

I know it's not exaclty the same but heck... it ain't that different either.

The media, and the world in general needs to learn to tell the difference between actual racism and harmless fun.

I don't get offended when people say all English people have bad teeth and look like they belong on the Jeremy Kyle show. Nor did I get offended by the movie entitled 'White men can't jump', but I have the feeling if movies were released called 'Black men can't swim' and 'Asian men can't drive' hysteria would be drummed up, and not just by people of those ethnicities, journalists of all races seem to jump at the chance to spark a good old fashioned race war these days and all the politically correct folk seem to jump at the chance to be offended on someones behalf. Sigh...

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If they decide to stop that one, they can send all of it to me.

you will be behind me

[Raptor With a Saber]

that menu sounds delicious and I'm white as snow.

Well maybe take off that costume once in a while and you wouldn't be so white. OR take a hot shower in that costume and you'll be red blue and black.

[Tradewind]

you will be behind me

is this now erotic?

[apepi]

I will be upset if you sere king cakes during mardi gras!

[sugarlily]

Also, Stow, OH! Used to live in Northampton & Cuyahoga Falls <3

[Netherspark]

While this is clearly very offensive... what I don't understand (as a white englishman), is WHY is chicken and watermelon offensive?

Is this like some old racist joke where black people like chicken? The joke being that they like chicken?... I'm not sure I get it.

[Sunaka]

While this is clearly very offensive... what I don't understand (as a white englishman), is WHY is chicken and watermelon offensive?

Is this like some old racist joke where black people like chicken? The joke being that they like chicken?... I'm not sure I get it.

That's pretty much the idea. It's a stereotype that black people don't try to fight, but get offended on occasion.

I can't see why anyone thought the menu choice was a good idea for "Black History Month"-type offerings, simply because it has little to do with black history. I think it's stupid, not offensive, but I'm not black.

[DEATHETERNAL]

You know how you solve racism? You ignore it unless it’s actually quantifiably hurting you. You act like Zanag from Spirestone used to act. He (a black guy) would say that he was going to make a fried chicken and watermelon sandwich on cotton bread whenever he was going to go AFK for a min in raids.

You don’t like racism or even anything that you can connect to racism? Ignore it and/or laugh at it like the rest of us. 99% of the time, the "problem" is then solved.

Was anyone harmed by this menu? No? Then the people complaining about it are the problem, not the menu. There would be no problem without those people being angry over something that is quantifiably harming neither them or anyone else.

[Moralgy]

So i did a little research into the origins of the stereotype of chicken and watermelon after seeing this topic. It seems that these food stereotypes date back a hundred+ years and were used as insults due to the method of eating.

Eating food with your hands = dirty/unclean/uncivilized/bad table manners etc

I now find it funny that people still use watermelon and fried chicken as an insult considering the idea of table manners and being civilized faded a very long time ago.

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is this now erotic?

only if your reaching for a Bockwurst...

[Vurdah]

i don't see how fried chicken and watermelon is racist, or cornbread. i mean, it's southern food, not black food. you ain't southern if you don't love you some fried chicken.

Nothing wrong with cornbread, chicken or watermelon, but serving it special for BLACK HISTORY MONTH is a little racist. Funny, but racist.