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Cracklin Charlie

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2. I think the menu sounds delicious.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jun 23, 2021, 01:51 PM

Jun 2021

I grew up eating food like that, every day of every week. I’m white. I don’t really think fried chicken goes too good with watermelon, but barbecue chicken surely does!

We all eat/love the food that black Americans eat every day, because we are all Americans!

I think I would rather celebrate collard greens than cancel them out. Maybe not at the IKEA diner though. But there are plenty of places that make good fried chicken and collard greens every day.

I just think we need to be careful of the results of any actions we take. I want to celebrate black American culture, not force it off the menu.

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Juneteenth menu featuring watermelon, fried chicken causes outrage from employees [View all] left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 OP

Just stop giving food and give a bonus jimfields33 Jun 2021 #1

It cost more to give a bonus unfortunately FreeState Jun 2021 #26

I think the menu sounds delicious. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #2

I think the concern - a legitimate one, IMO - was the stereotyping, Ocelot II Jun 2021 #3

I get that. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #8

Is there a list of the 'right' things to protest? LanternWaste Jun 2021 #11

For me there is. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #14

And stereotyping tastes like ass. MrsCoffee Jun 2021 #37

Damn if you didn't make ME hungry! Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #45

I grew up in the Mississippi River delta of Arkansas. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #47

I think I remember reading a news story a few years back... LiberatedUSA Jun 2021 #53

I think that many Black people enjoy those food items as well. On their terms. Caliman73 Jun 2021 #5

I can't eat watermelon with any type of meat. Blue_true Jun 2021 #17

This is strange to me moose65 Jun 2021 #4

Down here, fried chicken is eaten by everyone. Blue_true Jun 2021 #20

I know moose65 Jun 2021 #42

The trick with watermelon and salt is to use a tiny amount of salt. Blue_true Jun 2021 #51

My mother was a Texan left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 #6

Surprised that Ikea in the US didn't know this food-associated stereotype-- Wingus Dingus Jun 2021 #9

The insult isn't that Black people eat chicken and watermelon... moose65 Jun 2021 #43

Many Whites have fried chicken and watermelon at family meals during the Summer. Blue_true Jun 2021 #24

"Maybe the person that planned the menu should have asked around before finalizing it." left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 #25

My reading was that the menu was modified after the outrage. Blue_true Jun 2021 #27

You're right about that moose65 Jun 2021 #44

IF we can stop llashram Jun 2021 #7

I'm a watermelon FIEND Bayard Jun 2021 #10

One of the few foods I do not like. Goodheart Jun 2021 #23

If you can find some, try freeze-dried red watermelon slices. nt Blue_true Jun 2021 #28

So am I. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #32

I'm white. I'm from Missouri. I love fried chicken, mashed leftyladyfrommo Jun 2021 #12

I agree. I live in the South, Whites eat a lot of fried chicken and watermelon down here. nt Blue_true Jun 2021 #29

Yeah but you and your ancestors didn't have to put up with this bullshit for 300 years meadowlander Jun 2021 #35

Good point. nt crickets Jun 2021 #36

Thank you. History. betsuni Jun 2021 #38

So no one can ever comment on fried chicken? moose65 Jun 2021 #40

Apply this simple test: meadowlander Jun 2021 #52

Perfect. betsuni Jun 2021 #54

And I acknowledged that above moose65 Jun 2021 #56

Forgot the cornbread. Ligyron Jun 2021 #13

It was there. It got lost in the dust up over the fried chicken and melon. Blue_true Jun 2021 #30

And the Kool-Aide! Oneironaut Jun 2021 #46

Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #15

For Black people, fried chicken and watermelon was used as a racist putdown Blue_true Jun 2021 #31

As a son of the South. myself, I'm quite familiar with all that. Goodheart Jun 2021 #33

We will have to agree to disagree. Blue_true Jun 2021 #34

Excellent response StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #57

that would piss me right off eShirl Jun 2021 #16

Do you personally know the managers? Goodheart Jun 2021 #18

do you? eShirl Jun 2021 #19

So, you condemn them without knowing them. Even when they used recommendations from black employees Goodheart Jun 2021 #21

Ya. eShirl Jun 2021 #22

Hmmmm moose65 Jun 2021 #41

thank AshleyGray Jun 2021 #39

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2021 #58

It's just food treestar Jun 2021 #48

what? CatWoman Jun 2021 #49

It's interesting. I certainly know the caricatures of African Americans and watermelon GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #50

Fried chicken is my favorite food. Kinda dumb on IKEA's part to do this, though. Politicub Jun 2021 #55