Minor racial faux pas.
Jan. 19th, 2009 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unbibiumI just realized that I made fried chicken on MLK day.
I assure you, it's a coincidence, and I apologize to the entire African-American community.
But while I'm on the topic, I should point out that as a white person, I didn't realize that fried chicken and watermelon were considered offensive stereotypes until I was in college. There was a story about Tiger Woods playing in some tournament, championship, open, mini-golf benedit, I don't even remember. And some old white guy said he imagines they'll be serving fried chicken and watermelon at the crafts table, luncheon, I don't remember that clearly. I just remembered thinking that fried chicken is awesome, but kind of heavy and unhealthy, which would make watermelon a refreshing, vitamin-rich contrast. Also, Lee Travino used to do ads for salsa.
Anyhow, if you're white, but haven't been around enough racists to know what the stereotypes are, you can find out most of them by renting Bamboozled. It's a movie about a frustrated black TV producer, who tries to take the piss out of his network by producing a revival of the blackface shows of the 1920s, pitching the offensiveness as "edgy". Hilarity ensues.
I assure you, it's a coincidence, and I apologize to the entire African-American community.
But while I'm on the topic, I should point out that as a white person, I didn't realize that fried chicken and watermelon were considered offensive stereotypes until I was in college. There was a story about Tiger Woods playing in some tournament, championship, open, mini-golf benedit, I don't even remember. And some old white guy said he imagines they'll be serving fried chicken and watermelon at the crafts table, luncheon, I don't remember that clearly. I just remembered thinking that fried chicken is awesome, but kind of heavy and unhealthy, which would make watermelon a refreshing, vitamin-rich contrast. Also, Lee Travino used to do ads for salsa.
Anyhow, if you're white, but haven't been around enough racists to know what the stereotypes are, you can find out most of them by renting Bamboozled. It's a movie about a frustrated black TV producer, who tries to take the piss out of his network by producing a revival of the blackface shows of the 1920s, pitching the offensiveness as "edgy". Hilarity ensues.
