Posted on 02/04/2010 4:23:54 PM PST by chessplayer
Is there a chance the food service made this decision independent of NBC, and without the intention of upsetting anyone?
Does that mean no jazz and blues in the cafeteria for the month of Feb?
For starch, they tried long strands of spaghetti.
Not much chance NBC will be using the “watermelon” jab at envitomentalist-wackos: “green on the outside, red on the inside”.
It’s Shake ‘n’ Bake. And ah hayelped.
“’soul food’. . . . featured such things as fried chicken, greens, corn bread, sweet potato pie, etc.”
As though all of these foods originated with blacks. Who in their right mind thinks whites weren’t eating these foods on their own without any influence from blacks? So now blacks own them as “soul food” and can therefore set rules as to when others can serve them or how they have to be careful about making them available if blacks are around?
The easily offended crowd needs to take a hike. A permanent hike.
I don’t give a smelly Obama if this creep is “offended”. I’m a Cajun and would be honored if they served crawdads during National Cajun day. Somehow, we have survived, and I’ve managed to have a career doing things that the Obamaloon and his cohorts could not even think of qualifying for.
And that includes the academic stuff. Come on, Obama Loon, try me out, IDIOT!
And Grape Kool Aid to drink.
In February, we had soul food, St. Patrick's Day was corned beef and cabbage. We did Cinco de Mayo, Fourth of July, and of course Thanksgiving and Christmas. We even did Philippines Independence Day (once we found out there was such a holiday).
It was great, and everybody got along just fine.
“Never could understand why fried chicken is considered racist.”
I don’t get it, either. I am of Italian extraction, and March in the supermarket is always “Italian month”, with all the spaghetti on sale. My attitude is ok, bring it on.
Serving watermelons in the desert is definitely racist. Just consider the reactions of those who live in the Gobi desert!
Back when ol’ George the governor of Alabama was running for reelection in the early 70s a smart-ass yankee reporter thought he was going to let George paint himself in the corner by asking, “Why is it that all Northern blacks eat fried chicken but Southern blacks have to eat bologna sandwiches?” Ol’ George simple answered, “Well, I guess those Northern blacks can’t afford bologna.”
At the time bologna was about four times the price of fried chicken. LOL
No. Which one of the four will you give up? (Suggest the first.)
That is funny. I had to look it up.
You know, this is right up there with chia pet Obama.
Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
By Charles Hawley
A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
Selling products has, of course, become a bit more difficult than usual these days. No wonder then that companies everywhere are turning to optimistic marketing messages in an effort to counteract the steady drum beat of negativity coming from front page headlines around the globe.
Many sales executives have drawn the same conclusion: What better poster child for hope than US President Barack Obama? There are Obama dolls, Obama T-shirts, Obama soap-on-a-rope. There is even Obama thong underwear on offer.
Not wanting to miss the boat, a German food company has now gotten into the act. Sprehe, a company that has all manner of frozen delicacies on offer, has come up with a new product it calls “Obama Fingers.” Far from being real digits, though, the “fingers” in question are “tender, juicy pieces of chicken breast, coated and fried,” as the product packaging claims.
Fried chicken, in other words. With a curry dip.
“We noticed that American products and the American way of eating are trendy at the moment,” Judith Witting, sales manager for Sprehe, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. “Americans are more relaxed. Not like us stiff Germans, like (Chancellor Angela) Merkel.”
The idea, she claimed, was to get in on the Obama-mania which is continuing to grip Germany. The word “fingers” in the name refers to the fact that it is a finger food. “It’s like hotdogs,” Witting said. “No one would ever think they are actually from dogs.”
For Americans in Germany, though, there is a risk that the product might be seen as racially insensitive. Fried chicken has long been associated with African-Americans in the US — naming strips of fried chicken after the first black president could cause some furrowing of brows.
Witting told SPIEGEL ONLINE the connection never even occurred to her. “It was supposed to be a homage to the American lifestyle and the new US president,” she said.
This is garbage - is serving Corned Beef and Boiled Potatoes on St. Patricks Day racist?
“Only a racist would think it was racist.”
Wanna make yourself go bonkers?
Think about this for awhile:
The word, “racist” is, in and of itself, racist.
Nominated for "Statement of the Year" award!
Crickey! Yeah, there is a stereo-type about chicken and ribs, and collard greens, etc, so what. As a previous poster said, you like what you grew up with, thats why certain foods are popular in certain regions and not others. I eat stuff that some of my freinds shiver in revulsion at, and vice versa. People like what they like, and generally its what they are familiar with. What did they want them to serve?
That’s the real truth of the matter! A week or so ago, my friend asked me to make him some turnip greens (we are white) When I got to Kroger’s, I discovered that for some reason, they were on sale for 33 cents a bunch!! Yes. (I’m a Yankee and prefer collards, but he’s sick and I will cook him anything I think he will eat.) I took the bus back home, and got such a great laugh when I got on - the driver was this heavy set black guy who had been driving the same route for a long time. I always thought of him as pretty cranky (except last year on Valentine’s Day when he handed every woman a heart-shaped piece of candy - what a surprise!) And when I got on, he said, “ooh, you got greens!” To which I just responded about the sale and let it go. But, as you say, we all like what we like. There was certainly nothing racist about that. It was more uniting, because we ALL liked greens, (me, the driver, and the passengers) and now we all knew they were on sale.
Watch BET for an afternoon.
The commercials are different than on other networks.
Racist stereotypes or effective market research?
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be considered Racist and used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney because you will be condemned and sued by some liberal lawyer representing a counter Racist injured person or group. If you cannot afford an attorney, too bad. An attorney will be appointed to you only if and when you have the finances to afford one. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you? If not, it just proves you really are, as charged, a Redneck, Illiterate, Racist."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.