Posted on 09/11/2012 1:44:04 PM PDT by Kaslin
Edited on 09/11/2012 2:24:00 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
An Oregon grade school principal suggested in a newspaper interview that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches might be racially and culturally offensive.
(Excerpt) Read more at radio.foxnews.com ...
“What about Somali or Hispanic students who might not eat sandwiches?”
Who cares?
How could peanut butter be “racist”? It was probably first used by South American Indians in pre-Columbian times and popularized by George Washington Carver—a black man.
Dittos. When I clicked on this thread, it had 11 replies. #12 & 13 both had the same answer, but I decided to open another window to add his picture and some of his history. FReepers lead the way with intelligence. Bet it ticks her off when she finds out he was a black scientist.
This is beyond nutty - I attended the United Nations International School from grades 1-6, and at least half the students were foreign - in a class of 15, I recall a Japanese, two from India, a Lebanese and a Slavic - we ate the same very bad school food. Nobody thought anything of it.
Of course, these foreigners were the children of diplomats, so no one was trying to make hay out of their being “victims”.
Also, from traveling at a very young age, I learned from my parents that it was the worst possible form to demand or insist upon “our” food - one should graciously adapt to the cuisine and customs of the country. And so should the visitors or immigrants to our country not behave like vulgar tourists clamoring for food from home; they should learn to graciously adapt, even to p&j sandwiches.
In some cases, that means offering programs strictly for students of color.
isn’t that racism?
Liberals oppose becoming American.
They hate this country.
-—I am appalled by such sinister ways imagined by evil people and used to wreak havoc in the hearts of such young souls.-—
That is worth repeating....
This is what our schools have been doing. This is how you get voters that elect Obama!
POP CORN IS RACIST!
George Washington Carver, the man who made the peanut what it is today, was black.
Let us not forget to eat our dog meat, MMMMM! Was that racists?
“... inventor of peanut butter happens to be George Washington Carver”.
Okay, I’m confused. Was Carver an “Uncle Tom” or simply a “racist?” /s
“Wookin’ Pa Nub in all da wong paces. Wookin ‘ Pa Nub.”
“PB&J is “white privilege.”
Now I’ve heard everything.”
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Ditto !
We are living in a world that has gone stark,raving mad.
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I’m sorry. It must really suck to be you, beotch.
Fire this nincompoop!
It's the white bread, you see. That over-rules any proud association with George Washington Carver.
I am white and I am totally damed (pardon my work usage) if I can see where my pigmentation has got me any breaks.
I really do not feel like complaining about my station in life, a disabled USN vet who was badly abused as a kid.
All in all I am doing fine but this crap is going to kill this nation.
I am glad I am not a teacher in that district, I would have used some common USN words and been bounced.
God help those kids in 10 years when they have to enter the real world and find that it will not kiss there hind quarters like lefties are teaching.
Sadly considering it is Portland and disgustingly liberal I doubt she will be.
I’m offended she didn’t mention schmaltz or limburger.
Both were lunchbox favorites of mine. Of course, the limburger created a kerfluffle and was never repeated.
Most of the Hispanic kids here eat peanut butter and jelly. I had no idea it was a privileged meal.
We sent out kids to school with it because it was cheap.
I hate to think that the current US history classes don't teach about great Americans like George Washington Carver. If you noticed, there were plenty of FReepers who knew the fact that he was one of the great black scientists in this country. This Hispanic teacher needs to be fired, PRONTO.
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