Fried Chicken Special

WaveCameCrashin
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edited February 2010 in A Moving Train
http://www.mediaite.com/online/nbc-cafe ... ediaite%29

So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the special today to be, among other things, fried chicken, “in honor of Black History Month”?

Because, spoiler alert – it wasn’t a good idea at all. And now NBCU employee Questlove is bringing it to the attention of his 1 million plus Twitter followers.

Questlove, the band leader and drummer for The Roots (the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) tweeted this picture from the NBC Commissary at 30 Rock, with the comment: “Hmm HR?”

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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,238
    prfctlefts wrote:
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/nbc-cafeteria-celebrates-black-history-month-with-fried-chicken-special/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mediaite/ClHj+(Mediaite)

    :eh:

    Sounds and looks like a GREAT menu for a vegetarian except for the smoked turkey/fried chicken choices.

    Hmmmmm delicious :D

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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    "let me tell you something: if you don't like chicken and watermelon there's something wrong with YOU, motherfucker!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTjQLfU6Gk

    :lol:
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,238
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    "let me tell you something: if you don't like chicken and watermelon there's something wrong with YOU, motherfucker!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTjQLfU6Gk

    :lol:

    :lol: What is grape drink coloured purple water? :D Oh if NBC had watermelon on that list there really have a controversy on their hands. :D How many people out really eat watermelon?

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Political Correctness Gone Wild...
    ...
    And when I hit the 'Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles' for some soul food... guess what they serve? If you guessed, 'Chicken and Waffles'... give yourself a Gold Star.
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    This thread makes me hungry. I agree, though ... Who eats watermelon anymore? I mean, its not bad ... Just wouldn't be my first choice. The seeds are a pain in the ass.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    If this wasn't true it'd be funny. Seriously looks like an onion story.
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    Fuzzy Zoeller, circa 1997.
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  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    What would be appropriate and politically correct to serve in honor of black history month?
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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    it's funny, near my house is a black owned restaurant which their sign says is soul food....they have specials this month on things like fried chicken and collard greens....
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  • rebornFixer
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    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    it's funny, near my house is a black owned restaurant which their sign says is soul food....they have specials this month on things like fried chicken and collard greens....

    Is me, a white guy (more or less), really liking collard greens akin to one of those white boys who really likes rap and who wears a tilted ballcap?

    Anyhow, I was thinking yesterday ... If there was, say, a Thai history month, and the "official food" of said month was green curry (for example), would Thai people get offended, or would they just go "cool, that's one of the foods we like"? Sure, "friend chicken and watermelon" gets used in a derogatory way, and maybe that's the difference. Still, though ... If we are ever going to move past racism, shouldn't we prep ourselves for the very real possibility that different groups prefer different foods?
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    rebornFixer wrote:
    This thread makes me hungry. I agree, though ... Who eats watermelon anymore? I mean, its not bad ... Just wouldn't be my first choice. The seeds are a pain in the ass.

    stop right there ... watermelon is a gift from the gods! ... so juicy and tasty!

    oh and i love some fried chicken ...
  • keeponrockin
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    rebornFixer wrote:
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    it's funny, near my house is a black owned restaurant which their sign says is soul food....they have specials this month on things like fried chicken and collard greens....

    Is me, a white guy (more or less), really liking collard greens akin to one of those white boys who really likes rap and who wears a tilted ballcap?

    Anyhow, I was thinking yesterday ... If there was, say, a Thai history month, and the "official food" of said month was green curry (for example), would Thai people get offended, or would they just go "cool, that's one of the foods we like"? Sure, "friend chicken and watermelon" gets used in a derogatory way, and maybe that's the difference. Still, though ... If we are ever going to move past racism, shouldn't we prep ourselves for the very real possibility that different groups prefer different foods?
    It brings up an interesting point. Do people like different foods because its what they're culturally brought up with, or is there something in our DNA that predisposes us to liking certain foods?

    'I just thought I liked fried chicken cause it was delicious. Now I know I was genetically pre-disposed to liking fried chicken' - Dave Chappelle.
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  • polaris_x
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    keeponrockin wrote:
    It brings up an interesting point. Do people like different foods because its what they're culturally brought up with, or is there something in our DNA that predisposes us to liking certain foods?

    'I just thought I liked fried chicken cause it was delicious. Now I know I was genetically pre-disposed to liking fried chicken' - Dave Chappelle.

    i know fried chicken is considered southern food ... not sure how it got attached to the black population tho ...
  • rebornFixer
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    keeponrockin wrote:
    It brings up an interesting point. Do people like different foods because its what they're culturally brought up with, or is there something in our DNA that predisposes us to liking certain foods?

    'I just thought I liked fried chicken cause it was delicious. Now I know I was genetically pre-disposed to liking fried chicken' - Dave Chappelle.

    I wouldn't be shocked if it was both, to some extent. And that's a hilarious quote.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    rebornFixer wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    It brings up an interesting point. Do people like different foods because its what they're culturally brought up with, or is there something in our DNA that predisposes us to liking certain foods?

    'I just thought I liked fried chicken cause it was delicious. Now I know I was genetically pre-disposed to liking fried chicken' - Dave Chappelle.

    I wouldn't be shocked if it was both, to some extent. And that's a hilarious quote.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4B7G8R ... L&index=23
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  • youngster
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    I mean, they must like it. If they don't want to be streotyped into eating chicken all the time, stay out of Popeyes. When I lived in Florida I used to go to Popeyes chicken. I swear everytime I was the only white boy in the joint.
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  • rebornFixer
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    youngster wrote:
    I mean, they must like it. If they don't want to be streotyped into eating chicken all the time, stay out of Popeyes. When I lived in Florida I used to go to Popeyes chicken. I swear everytime I was the only white boy in the joint.

    :lol: I hear ya ... There's always one white dude in these sorts of places, glad to know its not always me. :D
  • cajunkiwi
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    rebornFixer wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    I mean, they must like it. If they don't want to be streotyped into eating chicken all the time, stay out of Popeyes. When I lived in Florida I used to go to Popeyes chicken. I swear everytime I was the only white boy in the joint.

    :lol: I hear ya ... There's always one white dude in these sorts of places, glad to know its not always me. :D

    Come to Louisiana sometime - Popeyes is like the UN here. Everyone eats at Popeyes (unless they go to Canes).

    Reminds me of a news story after Hurricane Katrina... a news crew was interviewing a woman in New Orleans, and asking her what she was going to do now that the Churches had all gone. Her response was "I don't know about them other people, but I gets my chicken from Popeyes."

    Brilliant.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    This is ridiculous.

    MLK's favorite meal was Fried Chicken and Collard Greens.

    I don't see anything wrong with it. It was his favorite meal. The PC movement has gone too far since its inception.


    That's like an Irishman getting offended if the specials in restaurants in March are serving Corned Beef :roll:
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