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Offline AKIron

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« on: April 05, 2004, 12:04:42 AM »
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,116118,00.html

"State officials in Tennessee pulled a public health ad from the radio waves there after listeners complained that it played to racial stereotypes by mentioning the word watermelon, reports the Nashville Tennessean."

Who doesn't like watermelon? :confused:

We gotta get past this type of fear if we're ever gonna have a racially integrated society.
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2004, 12:15:50 AM »
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

Gawdammit that's it! I'm writing to my local Omnibudsman THIS INSTANT!

uhm... nope, nothing there.

I aint feelin' it.

Maybe this will really resonate with Grun, though...  (Grunherz version 2.0 - sensitivity upgrade).

« Last Edit: April 05, 2004, 12:18:21 AM by Nash »
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2004, 02:06:31 AM »
It wasn't what the spot said, it was that Fuzzy Zoeller said it.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2004, 02:10:50 AM »
Damn, them Negros sure do like watermelon!  And they like fried chicken almost as much as the French like eating babies!

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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2004, 02:23:54 AM »
No, no the negroes steal hubcaps.  It's the mexicans who like watermelon.
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2004, 02:28:20 AM »
I thought it was Eskimos that stole hubcaps.
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2004, 02:44:51 AM »
No, the eskimos drive poorly and are good at math.
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2004, 09:37:06 AM »
I see you guys ain't afraid of being offensive. :aok
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2004, 09:43:57 AM »
I think it was Eldridge Cleaver who said "You are not really free until you can eat fried chicken and watermelon without feeling like a stereotype."

(paraphrased but close enough).
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Offline AKIron

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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2004, 09:55:08 AM »
Fried chicken and watermelon, there really isn't much better eating than that.

Of course I understand that there is a difference in perspective when you're ridiculed about what you eat based on whether it's because of your culture or your race but everyone really oughta try hard to see that it is only ignorant prejudice that would cause some to feel superior by ridiculing another's dietary habits. Let 'em feel superior, just more ribs and watermelon for me.
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2004, 10:08:14 AM »
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encouraged listeners to "try baking your chicken, eating a fresh tossed salad on the side and scrumptious watermelon for dessert."


So what's wrong with baked chicken and watermelon?  Sounds like a pretty nice lunch to me.  I'm not a big tossed salad fan, though.  That's stereotyping vegetarians!
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2004, 10:19:55 AM »
Vegetarians. ;)

If you're gonna worry about what people think of what you eat then you oughta just eat something different.
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2004, 10:36:51 AM »
Nothing better than home made pan fried chicken, with fried potatoes, cornbread, iced tea, and a large slice of watermelon for desert during June, July, and August.  Now I'm getting hungry.  PC is stupid.
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2004, 11:36:39 AM »
no u all got it wrong, they were talking about Lorna, her watermelons are white so the other races feel excluded.
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2004, 11:39:55 AM »
PC = politeness
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