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DreamGypsy

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43. My favorite is peanut butter and bacon

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 02:49 PM

Sep 2012

Lots of replies have made the same point, but clearly...

It is better to hold one ethnic food potluck than to curse a million 'racist' foods.

Pete Seeger wrote in his song All Mixed Up:

I like Polish sausage, I like Spanish rice,
and pizza pie is also nice
Corn and beans from the Indians here
washed down by German beer
Marco Polo traveled by camel and pony,
he brought to Italy, the first macaroni
And you and I as well as we're able,
we put it all on the table

There were no red-headed Irishmen
before the Vikings landed in Ireland
How many Romans had dark curly hair
before they brought slaves from Africa?
No race of man is completely pure,
nor is anyone's mind, that's for sure
The winds mix the dust of every land,
and so will woman and man.

I think that this whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be get mixed up.

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Peanut butter and jelly is "racist?" [View all] Archae Sep 2012 OP

I read an article Confusious Sep 2012 #1

La-La Land -..__... Sep 2012 #54

I guess she would really hate photographers as well Javaman Sep 2012 #61

Well it really depends on the kind of jelly you use 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #2

Is using preserves more or less racist? Confusious Sep 2012 #3

Ageist and sexist. wickerwoman Sep 2012 #35

If I prefer mine Aerows Sep 2012 #16

It means we're buds! That's how I have 'em. JHB Sep 2012 #49

Reverse racist! OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #68

:wipes tear: Whole wheat. N/t Aerows Sep 2012 #83

That displays a concerning willingness to segregate toppings on your part 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #64

PB and Bananas? Elvis Presley, closet racist. n/t hughee99 Sep 2012 #57

even more, chunky vs. smooth PB, matters greatly. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #76

It's because peanut butter was invented by George Washington Carver, a black man... porphyrian Sep 2012 #4

Not true... -..__... Sep 2012 #56

Interesting 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #65

Well, I will still give the nod to Carver for ensuring my favorite legume was popularized... hlthe2b Sep 2012 #78

The Incas didn't have peanuts. They are an African crop that came to the new world kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #79

Take it up with Wikipedia. -..__... Sep 2012 #80

I'm stunned, lol. My entire life I thought the plant originated in Africa. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #86

One of the few peanut uses Carver didn't invent Retrograde Sep 2012 #59

Technically the boll-weevil did that 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #66

sigh! Don't people have HappyMe Sep 2012 #5

I am so confused Marrah_G Sep 2012 #6

Join the crowd. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #11

this hufpo piece is all over the rw blogs Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #7

Teaching PB&J is some sort of "white privilege" Confusious Sep 2012 #12

I believe they were talking about it in the context of Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #18

Well if you've never heard of it Confusious Sep 2012 #19

The Portland Tribune?!?!? That's a weekly rag, owned by the same guy who owns Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #28

and in a true example of bipartisanship, the democrats at DU jump on the bandwagon. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #33

Holy shit, a school that allows peanut butter? hughee99 Sep 2012 #8

They should have called it "culturally biased" frazzled Sep 2012 #9

Can they not teach the ones who do not know? Jamastiene Sep 2012 #15

I think that was half of the principal's point: to start a conversation with the students petronius Sep 2012 #20

Good. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #50

Wow! Learn something new every day. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #10

I think of PB sandwich as multicultural: HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #13

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #14

Clearly racist! sofa king Sep 2012 #44

peanut butter and jelly sandwich = white privilege? guardian Sep 2012 #17

it's not her fault, privilege theory is all the rage now among social-justice types BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #21

Just what exactly is the definition of a "social justice type"? GObamaGO Sep 2012 #41

upwardly mobile , left-liberal, activism proclivities BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #45

"Anything and anyone who calls themselves a democrat, yet I still don't like" LanternWaste Sep 2012 #48

You're trying to get a smart answer out of someone... Scootaloo Sep 2012 #55

very true. excellent point. BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #70

I thought that poll question was tongue in cheek. MissMarple Sep 2012 #72

My 7 year old is biased against jelly. Jennicut Sep 2012 #22

I am also biased against jelly Aerows Sep 2012 #23

My 10-year-old too. gollygee Sep 2012 #73

And marmalade is elitist! Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #24

You can have my PB&J reflection Sep 2012 #25

Ick. Nt Confusious Sep 2012 #27

Peanut butter and jelly is emblematic of the worst aspects of white privilege, Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #26

Seriously? Confusious Sep 2012 #29

pssstttt Marrah_G Sep 2012 #34

Huffington quoting the right wing weekly...publisher owns a right wing radio station Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #30

More education deform fallout. The schools in the article are targeted for closing; the equity HiPointDem Sep 2012 #31

Maybe she is the racist one for suggesting Hispanic kids won't eat PB&J Quantess Sep 2012 #32

No, not racist FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #36

I once met a Jewish woman who grew up in Lousiana loyalsister Sep 2012 #60

Yes FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #81

My mom used to give me cream cheese and jelly sandwiches... richmwill Sep 2012 #37

Jesus, who doncha just go burn a cross some where, hey? (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #42

Was this your comment: Dr. Strange Sep 2012 #58

Yes. It was. Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #63

It made me laugh. Dr. Strange Sep 2012 #84

Um, I think the article went waaaaaay overboard. Alduin Sep 2012 #38

That's ridiculous. KamaAina Sep 2012 #39

Even our Twofoolsarguing Sep 2012 #77

Yes, jelly is, but jam isn't...so have a peanut butter and jam sandwich instead... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #40

My favorite is peanut butter and bacon DreamGypsy Sep 2012 #43

Overblown poutrage. silverweb Sep 2012 #46

Oh for fuck's sake...we have enough REAL problems with racism without making up this bullshit. Hugabear Sep 2012 #47

Like teaching math with money marshall Sep 2012 #51

Au contraire: It prepares kids for a life of hustling on the mean streets. Quantess Sep 2012 #69

Kids are allowed peanut butter in school?! abelenkpe Sep 2012 #52

That's what I keep hearing. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #71

The anti-PB hype is dying down. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #82

No, you need to look at what the lesson was driving at jberryhill Sep 2012 #53

Is this a conspiracy by the Fluffernutter cartel? nt Javaman Sep 2012 #62

. name not needed Sep 2012 #67

Where is tapenade on the Outrage Scale? flvegan Sep 2012 #74

This is of course silly, though I think I get his point gollygee Sep 2012 #75

Actually, the principal implied that Americans eat PB&J, and non-Americans don't muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #88

Only if you don't eat it with whistler162 Sep 2012 #85

Would it make a difference if I use Nutella? It's darker and tastes like chocolate. . . cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 #87

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