Black History Month Lunch.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

this is beautiful.

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Yesterday's kerfuffle about NBC's Black History Month menu seems to be devolving into a Saturday Night Live–worthy farce about liberal racial oversensitivity. To recap, yesterday Leslie Calhoun, a cafeteria cook, prepared a menu featuring collard greens, fried chicken, etc., in honor of Black History Month. After a picture of the menu was tweeted by Roots drummer Questlove, the Internet became inflamed with racial indignation. NBC apologized, also via Twitter, which incidentally is the whitest medium ever, and the cafeteria took the sign down. Today, the Post talked to Calhoun, who is black and, frankly, offended that people got so offended.
She'd been agitating to do the menu for the eight years she'd worked there, she said. "I thought it would go over well." But:
"The next thing you know, people were taking pictures of the sign and asking all the other black people in the cafeteria if this was racist. They said that it wasn't." That's awesome. Especially since the black population at NBC is only around 11 percent countrywide (http://www.mije.org/richardprince/nbc-stations-lead-management-diversity), and so we imagine everyone bombarding like the one guy who happened to be in the cafeteria with questions, like, "Hey, black person. Don't you think that's racist? Aren't you upset? Don't you think you should be? I mean, you understand why this is offensive, right?" The last, by the way, is the question NBC's The Grio (http://www.thegrio.com/) put to Calhoun in their online video interview with her about it today. To her credit, she stuck to her guns.* "Actually, I don't. I don't understand it at all," she said. "It's not trying to offend anybody. It's not trying to suggest that's all that African-Americans eat. It's just a good meal. And the display was really nice, I thought."

[IronMexican]

Would have been cooler if they only had strawberry or grape soda.

[desflood]

What, no watermelon?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Would have been cooler if they only had strawberry or grape soda.

uh, i believe that is red or purple. :lmao

[DisAsTerBot]

retarded. So no mexican food for hispanic heritage month?
white people don't even know why their offended anymore.

[baseline bum]

Forgot the Kool-Aid. Seriously, that looks like a pretty badass lunch, except for the jalapeños in the cornbread.

[CosmicCowboy]

Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...:lol

[CosmicCowboy]

Forgot the Kool-Aid. Seriously, that looks like a pretty badass lunch, except for the jalapeños in the cornbread.

Jalapeno cornbread is awesome. I do one with jalapenos, corn, and bacon that kicks ass.

[baseline bum]

Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...:lol

No malt liquor?

[IronMexican]

uh, i believe that is red or purple. :lmao

You mean grape drank?

[baseline bum]

Jalapeno cornbread is awesome. I do one with jalapenos, corn, and bacon that kicks ass.

Cornbread stands on its merits alone for me. Putting a bunch of extras in it sounds like putting A1 on a good strip steak or sauce on a brisket.

[IronMexican]

Since this is a black people thread, I am asking for help:


Anyone reemember that movie from the early 90's or late 80's about training black actors. I think a white director asks a black actor can he can "any blacker"?

[CosmicCowboy]

Cornbread stands on its merits alone for me. Putting a bunch of extras in it sounds like putting A1 on a good strip steak or sauce on a brisket.

You must like the "sweet" cake style cornbread then. Texas style cornbread is perfectly complemented by jalapenos and pinto beans.

[baseline bum]

You must like the "sweet" cake style cornbread then. Texas style cornbread is perfectly complemented by jalapenos and pinto beans.

Nah man.

[z0sa]

The whole "Dont you know this is racist?!?!" comments people made is the stupid part. Stop being so politically correct you must form other people's opinions for them (while letting others do the same to you)

[Xylus]

This is a complete non-story to me. Getting upset over food? Who the fuck cares?

[mrsmaalox]

Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...:lol

[mrsmaalox]

Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...:lol

[mrsmaalox]

....

[Viva Las Espuelas]

but they weren't identical.

[PM5K]

Sort of like non-identical twins.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Sort of like non-identical twins.
fraternal

[Al Sharpton]

I'm boycotting that cafeteria unless I get my meal for free.

[CuckingFunt]

Anyone reemember that movie from the early 90's or late 80's about training black actors. I think a white director asks a black actor can he can "any blacker"?

Hollywood Shuffle, 1987. Fucking classic.

[The Gemini Method]

Where is my purple drink!

[CuckingFunt]

You must like the "sweet" cake style cornbread then. Texas style cornbread is perfectly complemented by jalapenos and pinto beans.

I hate that sweet cornbread.

Well, that's not true. I actually kind of like the flavor, but it's not really what I consider cornbread.

I made cornbread a couple weeks ago that was a heart attack waiting to happen, but heaven. Batter had buttermilk and it was cooked in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease. Fucking orgasmic.

[IronMexican]

Hollywood Shuffle, 1987. Fucking classic.

Thank you. Figuring out the name has been bugging me for a long time.

[mrsmaalox]

but they weren't identical.

:wtf man give me a chance here. I've been having major connectivity issues with my wi-fi. Every page takes so long to load they time out and then when i get back my posts are gone or double posted. I've kept up pretty well so far, but now i'm giving up and calling TimeWarner to remove any trace of AT&T from my house

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:wtf man give me a chance here. I've been having major connectivity issues with my wi-fi. Every page takes so long to load they time out and then when i get back my posts are gone or double posted. I've kept up pretty well so far, but now i'm giving up and calling TimeWarner to remove any trace of AT&T from my house

I guess it isn't a good afternoon after all.

Ahem

:wakeup

[The Gemini Method]

I like how sensitive people get over the connotation of fried chicken and other soul food. I enjoy both my Asian background and my Hispanic background's culinary designs. I get all happy when I see a noodle dish being offered at the cafeteria here at work...but I don't find the fact that they're serving it under the guise of Asian-Pacific Islander Month to be any bit racist. However, the little slanty-eyed guy in the rice farmer's hat that adorn the take-out boxes does get me up-in-arms... ;)

[ploto]

So serving southern soul food for Black History month is racist?

[The Gemini Method]

So serving southern soul food for Black History month is racist?

Apparently to the Twitter world and Questlove it is...

[JoeChalupa]

So serving southern soul food for Black History month is racist?

I guess it depends on how one sees it and it is apparent that not everyone sees it the same way.

[The Gemini Method]

You know what's racist? Giving Black History Month the shortest month in terms of days!! !!! !

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

So among NBC's many bungled decisions we can now add "putting Fuzzy Zoeller in charge of the cafeteria" to the list.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

You know what's racist? Giving Black History Month the shortest month in terms of days!! !!! !


even when we add a day
:lmao :lmao :lmao

[I. Hustle]

White people are just upset because they don't know what their "food" is. They want to put a stop to it because they feel left out. being half Ugandan and half Czech myself I am not the least but offended.

[JoeChalupa]

So among NBC's many bungled decisions we can now add "putting Fuzzy Zoeller in charge of the cafeteria" to the list.

:lol

[resistanze]

So among NBC's many bungled decisions we can now add "putting Fuzzy Zoeller in charge of the cafeteria" to the list.

:lol

[ploto]

I guess it depends on how one sees it and it is apparent that not everyone sees it the same way.

So is it racist to serve spaghetti at an Italian heritage celebration? How about serving Moo Goo Gai Pan for Chinese New Years?

[I. Hustle]

Or a potroast to a KKK meeting?

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Or a potroast to a KKK meeting?

Don't forget the hot cross buns!

[IronMexican]

Hollywood Shuffle, 1987. Fucking classic.

I forgot Aunt Esther was in the movie. Great movie.

[Aunt Ester]

I forgot Aunt Esther was in the movie. Great movie.

And don't you forget it suckah!!!