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Is Fried Chicken Racist?
May 22, 2013 at
05:50 AM
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Los Angeles Times
Once again feathers are flying because someone (in this case a Spaniard) offered to serve fried chicken to a person of color. Now the offerer of the fried chicken is branded a racist.
Does eating fried chicken somehow diminish one's humanity? Is it somehow bad? If someone offered to serve me fried chicken I would be happy not angry because I love good fried chicken.
If a golfer of color had offered to make paella for Sergio, would that be equally racist? I think one can be an a-hole without being racist. Or if you are an a-hole to a person of color are you automatically racist?
Tiger, to his credit, has not joined this fray. Perhaps the media are the only people who care and fake offense?
"We will have (Tiger Woods) around every night. We will serve fried chicken." [telegraph.co.uk]
Fuzzy Zoeller said something similar in 1997 [latimes.com]
And any depiction of Obama eating fried chicken is racist according to some [dailymail.co.uk]
Does eating fried chicken somehow diminish one's humanity? Is it somehow bad? If someone offered to serve me fried chicken I would be happy not angry because I love good fried chicken.
If a golfer of color had offered to make paella for Sergio, would that be equally racist? I think one can be an a-hole without being racist. Or if you are an a-hole to a person of color are you automatically racist?
Tiger, to his credit, has not joined this fray. Perhaps the media are the only people who care and fake offense?
"We will have (Tiger Woods) around every night. We will serve fried chicken." [telegraph.co.uk]
Fuzzy Zoeller said something similar in 1997 [latimes.com]
And any depiction of Obama eating fried chicken is racist according to some [dailymail.co.uk]
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Come on now. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that when a person make a crack about having an African-American over for fried chicken and watermelon, it's a racist comment. Because, it's a stereotype.
It isn't a racist comment. It is a racial comment but not racist. People (like you) throw around the word "racist" too often without knowing the actual definition.
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1.yes. I was talking to you.
2. thank you for the help!
3. the information I mentioned was in the wikipedia link you posted. Check it again. Jolly Tiger is indeed the re-naming of the Sambo's restaraunts, in certain areas.
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Stereotping? Definitely.
Prejucided? Probably.
Racist? I don't think so.
It was an inappropriate comment that was not funny.
But racist? Come on.. they are diluting the word "racist" so much now that it has lost its impact, which is not a good thing.
Suppose a famous person in Europe invited Jeff Foxworthy over for dinner and promised to serve Collard Greens and other southern foods.. Would that be considered offensive? Probably not.. Same if a hispanic person was invited over and the host offered to serve burritoes..
etc, etc..