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Would have been cooler if they only had strawberry or grape soda.
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, 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 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."
Would have been cooler if they only had strawberry or grape soda.
What, no watermelon?
uh, i believe that is red or purple.
re ed. So no mexican food for hispanic heritage month?
white people don't even know why their offended anymore.
Forgot the Kool-Aid. Seriously, that looks like a pretty badass lunch, except for the jalapeños in the cornbread.
Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...
Jalapeno cornbread is awesome. I do one with jalapenos, corn, and bacon that kicks ass.
No malt liquor?Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...
You mean grape drank?uh, i believe that is red or purple.
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.
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"?
You must like the "sweet" cake style cornbread then. Texas style cornbread is perfectly complemented by jalapenos and pinto beans.
Nah man.
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)
This is a complete non-story to me. Getting upset over food? Who the cares?
Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...
Last edited by mrsmaalox; 02-05-2010 at 03:33 PM.
Rush is doing the same menu at his office Monday and throwing in watermelon too...
Last edited by mrsmaalox; 02-05-2010 at 03:25 PM.
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Last edited by mrsmaalox; 02-05-2010 at 03:34 PM.
but they weren't identical.
Sort of like non-identical twins.
fraternal
I'm boycotting that cafeteria unless I get my meal for free.
Hollywood Shuffle, 1987. ing classic.
Where is my purple drink!
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