From Gawker:
U.S. Army Base’s ‘Black History Heritage’ Meal: Malcolm X, Pig Feet
A tipster forwards us this “Black History Heritage Meal” menu from the US Army base in Ft. Bragg, NC: fried chicken, pig feet, ham hocks, collard greens... all the stereotypical foods are represented. The ol’ “comedically stereotypical Black History Month menu” is a pretty damn familiar trope of its own, at this point. I’m more impressed by the US Army’s open-minded photo montage.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
W.E.B. DUBOIS: “What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand millions in diamonds and cocoa?”
MALCOLM X: “You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.”
And of course the most famous Malcolm X quote of all, “Come enjoy some pork chops and pig feet!’
http://gawker.com/black-history-month/
Odd quote from a Muslim. Seems he'd be more likely to say, "come enjoy some lule kebab and tabouleh!"
***...fried chicken, pig feet, ham hocks, collard greens***
My favorite foods, except for the pig’s feet. At least they didn’t serve pork brains in milk gravy, polk sallet, or pickled pig lips and chitterlins.
Ever notice how George Washington Carver is seldom mentioned as a role model during Black History Month?
“And of course the most famous Malcolm X quote of all, “Come enjoy some pork chops and pig feet!”
He must have been referring to meat from a rare species of pig that’s halal-friendly.
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I like all that stuff. I must have been born a poor black child.