Here's Why Your Fried Chicken and Watermelon Lunch Is Racist

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105. No, I'm not angry, just very sad that the cafeteria people got slammed

when, in all likelihood, it never even occurred to them that it's a racist menu to offer to t he kids.

I'm not white, and I often find things that white people say to me thoughtless, but not intentionally hurtful. Countless times, I've heard "Oh, your English is so good!" Or "what country are you from?" Or they'll try to speak "my" language to me, when "my" language is English. I've learned to just laugh it off because I know, in their hearts, they're trying to connect, even if it's clumsy. And to waste too much energy being angry is just ... well, a waste of energy. Not everything is racism. Sometimes, it's just cluelessness, and I'm all for forgiving the clueless.

I think there are too many people angry all the time. I just wish people wouldn't take offense so quickly, and I feel sorry for whoever planned that school menu, because I suspect she/he was trying to get into the spirit of things, and is probably now mortified by the charges that she's racist.

And how sad that some people are demanding the menu planner get fired over this. They would ruin his/her life because they're so angry they can't forgive a gaffe like this?