The University of California-Irvine decided to do something special
for Martin Luther King Day. A last minute decision by the cafeteria
staff led to the serving of a very special MLK feast. Chicken and
Waffles.... They whipped up this racially insensitive smorgasbord and
placed a sign out in front of the Pippin Commons cafeteria that read
"MLK Holiday Special: Chicken and Waffles" Frankly, that sounds kind of
tasty. I lived in Tennessee for some time and King was from Atlanta, Ga
and traveled to Tennessee often. I don't know what those states looked
like in his day, but now there is a fried chicken place or a Waffle
House on almost every corner.
Let's face facts folks.
People from different parts of the country eat different things. In the
south chicken, pork,collard greens, fried okra, and yes, even waffles
are quite common dishes. We need to stop thinking that food defines your
race. It can, but in this particular case, this ill-conceived lunch
defined geographical location, and not race. But hey, what do I know,
I'm a racist, homophobic, bigoted, Nazi conservative who wants to kill
babies and old people by taking away their health care.
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