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Title: Talk about being overly sensitive
Post by: AKIron 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.
Title: Talk about being overly sensitive
Post by: Nash 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).
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Post by: Holden McGroin 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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Post by: SOB 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!

Jolly SOB
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Post by: FUNKED1 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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Post by: SOB on April 05, 2004, 02:28:20 AM: I thought it was Eskimos that stole hubcaps.
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Post by: FUNKED1 on April 05, 2004, 02:44:51 AM: No, the eskimos drive poorly and are good at math.
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Post by: AKIron on April 05, 2004, 09:37:06 AM: I see you guys ain't afraid of being offensive. :aok
Title: Talk about being overly sensitive
Post by: midnight Target 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).
Title: Talk about being overly sensitive
Post by: AKIron 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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Post by: gofaster on April 05, 2004, 10:08:14 AM: Quote
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!
Title: Talk about being overly sensitive
Post by: AKIron 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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Post by: Munkii 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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Post by: bpti 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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Post by: mietla on April 05, 2004, 11:39:55 AM: PC = politeness
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Post by: vorticon on April 05, 2004, 11:44:30 AM: ALL BOOKS ARE RACIST...

you see by having a white background with black words theres more white than black and therefore the white is more important than the black and therefore is racist...

ooookaaayy...if anyone figures out what i just said contact me cause i sure dont understand it
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Post by: RacrX on April 05, 2004, 11:50:48 AM: Allergic to watermelon :(