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Oneironaut

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46. And the Kool-Aide!

Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:14 AM

Jun 2021

One of my favorite cringe moments on Fox News was Brian Kilmeade from Fox and Friends asking a black woman if she likes Kool-Aide.

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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

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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