Black History Month food @ my college (racist?)

[RedString]

Not shown but they were also serving kool-aid, sweet tea, fried bologna sandwiches, chitlins, and smothered pork sandwiches.


I'm assuming it was black members of the school who put this all together, but still...

edit: Oh wait, it was Aramark. I'm still not sure if we choose the food or they did.

 

[Zeze]

LOL fried chicken. KOOL AID, YOU kidding me? LOL.

Where's watermelon?

 

[Broheim]

 

[Printer Bandit]

 

[lxskllr]

Why would it be racist? It's a good way to introduce non-blacks to traditional foods.

 

[RedString]

Why would it be racist? It's a good way to introduce non-blacks to traditional foods.

So you're saying fried chicken, kool-aid, and fried bologna is traditional black food?

umm....

 

[gorcorps]

Given a recent infraction I got, I expect a couple more here already with more incoming if you aren't careful. Watch the stereotypes folks...

 

[lxskllr]

So you're saying fried chicken, kool-aid, and fried bologna is traditional black food?

umm....

Yea. Traditions start somewhere. I'm not intimately familiar with black food, but it sounds like 20th century traditional to me. Same way Spam is traditional Hawaiian food. It was virtually unheard of until WWII, and now it's a traditional delicacy.

 

[KaOTiK]

Was the Kool-Aid grape flavored?

 

[polarmystery]

BWAHAHAHA Nice!

 

[Nintendesert]

So if this is racists, does that mean black people don't have any cultural foods?

 

[RedString]

I'm sorry but kool-aid and fried bologna is what is primarily ate & drank in poverty. By insisting that's a black cultural food, you're implying stereotypical poverty.

Is this just completely flying over your heads?

edit: And fried chicken? Everyone likes fried chicken, yet this is the first time I'm seeing it served during a group event at this school, and it just so happens to be during a Black History Month event?

It's astonishing that many of you see nothing wrong with this at all.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm sorry but kool-aid and fried bologna is what is primarily ate & drank in poverty. By insisting that's a black cultural food, you're implying stereotypical poverty.

Is this just completely flying over your heads?

Irish potatoes are derived from poverty. Is that racist too? Blacks have traditionally been poor; that's a fact. After getting money, a lot of food preferences remain. People need to quit being a bunch of sensitive nancies.

 

[RedString]

Irish potatoes are derived from poverty. Is that racist too? Blacks have traditionally been poor; that's a fact. After getting money, a lot of food preferences remain. People need to quit being a bunch of sensitive nancies.

And racism prevails because people like yourself see nothing wrong with kool-aid, fried chicken, and fried bologna being the foods of choice picked by a major food service company for a Black History Month gathering.

 

[SandEagle]

i LOVE grape koolaid, watermelon, hot sauce, Vernors, fried chicken, fried bologna, collard greens. AND SWEEEEEET POTATO PIE!!!! you don't have to be black to enjoy any of these things. :\

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Food is a stupid, superficial way to define your culture.

 

[sactoking]

Legs, breasts, and thighs
sweet potato pie
General's Fried Chicken
It's butt-kickin'

Get a free malt liqour with the purchase of any Nappy Meal

General's Fried Chicken
It's da bomb!

 

[Nintendesert]

I'm sorry but kool-aid and fried bologna is what is primarily ate & drank in poverty. By insisting that's a black cultural food, you're implying stereotypical poverty.

Is this just completely flying over your heads?

edit: And fried chicken? Everyone likes fried chicken, yet this is the first time I'm seeing it served during a group event at this school, and it just so happens to be during a Black History Month event?

It's astonishing that many of you see nothing wrong with this at all.

So what is black food?


Do they not have a culture and no cultural foods then?

 

[Nintendesert]

Food is a stupid, superficial way to define your culture.

So you never go out for Thai food, or Mexican food or Chinese food?

 

[NetWareHead]

And racism prevails because people like yourself see nothing wrong with kool-aid, fried chicken, and fried bologna being the foods of choice picked by a major food service company for a Black History Month gathering.

Is it racist if it is true? I know of a Southern Black restaurant that serves exactly what you described was on that menu at your school. instead all year round. And its run by black people.

Why is this racist and a chinese/italian food items on a chinese/italian restaurant menu not racist? These are foods known to be eaten by this specific culture. What exactly makes this racist?

 

[lxskllr]

And racism prevails because people like yourself see nothing wrong with kool-aid, fried chicken, and fried bologna being the foods of choice picked by a major food service company for a Black History Month gathering.

Racism prevails because twats like yourself see it everywhere. Anyone who says they're color blind is either lying, or unobservant. There's nothing wrong with doing things differently than other people. Regardless of what the sensitive lefties think, we aren't the same, and the differences should be noted, and appreciated. Cultural differences are our ties to the past, and indicate what we are today. Erasing them, or pretending they don't exist is immoral, and a disservice to everyone.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

And racism prevails because people like yourself see nothing wrong with kool-aid, fried chicken, and fried bologna being the foods of choice picked by a major food service company for a Black History Month gathering.

Racism not found.

Ever been to a Soul Food restaurant? Many of those same items will be on the menu because they are foods traditionally eaten by Black people. They are damn tasty too which is why many Black people still eat them, even those that aren't poor.

 

[NetWareHead]

I'm sorry but kool-aid and fried bologna is what is primarily ate & drank in poverty. By insisting that's a black cultural food, you're implying stereotypical poverty.

Is this just completely flying over your heads?

edit: And fried chicken? Everyone likes fried chicken, yet this is the first time I'm seeing it served during a group event at this school, and it just so happens to be during a Black History Month event?

It's astonishing that many of you see nothing wrong with this at all.

There is nothign wrong with fried bologna or kool-aid....so what if it is what poverty ate/drank. In italy, pasta, polenta and other now-famous foods were also poverty foods and are nowadays what defines italian cuisine.

 

[Nintendesert]

There is nothign wrong with friend bologna or kool-aid....so what if it is what poverty ate/drank. In italy, pasta, polenta and other now-famous foods were also poverty foods and are nowadays what defines italian cuisine.

And what about lobster?

 

[airdata]

If black people turn up and love it, it's not racist.

Black history month is racist though.