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06-24-2020, 08:33 AM
This NASCAR "noose" b/s has me baffled. Has anyone seen a PHOTO of this so-called "noose" posted anywhere? I read a blog that stated ALL the shop doors in the garage area have a loop at the end of the door pulls and Wallace's was no different than the rest of them. Truthfully, I find that hard to believe or they wouldn't have rushed 15 FBI agents to investigate this terrible, racist "hate crime". But who the "F" cares? Clearly some crew member was bored one day and possibly fashioned a "noose looking" loop on the end of the pull ... at LEAST a year ago or so, maybe longer. It's been there all along and never raised an eyebrow until Wallace was assigned that particular stall ... at random! This b/s is getting totally out of hand and now half the idiots in the world are just looking around for ANYTHING they can claim is offensive. STOP IT NOW ASSHOLES!!
Many times, Lynn and I drive to Tampa to eat since there is a much larger variety of restaurants there compared to our sleepy little town. There are times we'll go and feel like having what is generally referred to as "Soul Food". There are "soul food" restaurants all over town and we occasionally go to a place called Edna's Soul Food. Here's a pic of Edna.
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There are literally dozens of "soul food" restaurants in town, to my knowledge, all black owned and operated. We've been to a few of them ... Mama's Southern Soul Food Restaurant for one. It's located on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. (who'da thunk it?). We've also been (once) to Auntie's Soul Food. They all have similar menus .... fried chicken, catfish, ribs, ox tail, pork chops, "chitlin's", cornbread, greens, black-eyed peas, lima beans ... well, you get the idea. SOUL FOOD. But when is soul food considered racist? I guess when somebody decides they want to raise a stink. Here are a couple of examples:
A chef at NBC decided to make a special menu to honor Black History Month with this menu:
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People were "offended" and the protests took off about this "racist" menu! It caused a "Twitter storm" where offended individuals raked the chef over the coals. Duh! The chef was BLACK ... but I guess that didn't matter ... "somebody" just decided it was offensive so everyone jumped on the band wagon.
Here's one from a school in California:
A private girls' school in Northern California wanted to incorporate Black History Month into lunch time, so it decided to serve fried chicken, cornbread, and watermelon. As the Associated Press reports, school officials are apologizing because that was a really, really horrible idea. The school's principal wrote a letter to parents, who were offended, and said the school doesn't "perpetrate racial stereotypes." Unfortunately, that's exactly what they did.
Now, my question is, don't the bazillions of "soul food" restaurants in this country "perpetrate racial stereotypes"? WTF? Is it "do as I say, not as I do"? Where (and when) is this "I'm offended" bullshit gonna end? I have no idea where the line is drawn ... not that I really give a fuck ... I'm too old to change. I happen to like fried chicken, cornbread and greens .... and a nice slice of watermelon for desert would be nice. Does that make me racist? There are a LOT of soul food restaurants out there making good money selling their racist food. Shouldn't SOMEBODY be offended and demand an end to it?
Many times, Lynn and I drive to Tampa to eat since there is a much larger variety of restaurants there compared to our sleepy little town. There are times we'll go and feel like having what is generally referred to as "Soul Food". There are "soul food" restaurants all over town and we occasionally go to a place called Edna's Soul Food. Here's a pic of Edna.
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There are literally dozens of "soul food" restaurants in town, to my knowledge, all black owned and operated. We've been to a few of them ... Mama's Southern Soul Food Restaurant for one. It's located on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. (who'da thunk it?). We've also been (once) to Auntie's Soul Food. They all have similar menus .... fried chicken, catfish, ribs, ox tail, pork chops, "chitlin's", cornbread, greens, black-eyed peas, lima beans ... well, you get the idea. SOUL FOOD. But when is soul food considered racist? I guess when somebody decides they want to raise a stink. Here are a couple of examples:
A chef at NBC decided to make a special menu to honor Black History Month with this menu:
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People were "offended" and the protests took off about this "racist" menu! It caused a "Twitter storm" where offended individuals raked the chef over the coals. Duh! The chef was BLACK ... but I guess that didn't matter ... "somebody" just decided it was offensive so everyone jumped on the band wagon.
Here's one from a school in California:
A private girls' school in Northern California wanted to incorporate Black History Month into lunch time, so it decided to serve fried chicken, cornbread, and watermelon. As the Associated Press reports, school officials are apologizing because that was a really, really horrible idea. The school's principal wrote a letter to parents, who were offended, and said the school doesn't "perpetrate racial stereotypes." Unfortunately, that's exactly what they did.
Now, my question is, don't the bazillions of "soul food" restaurants in this country "perpetrate racial stereotypes"? WTF? Is it "do as I say, not as I do"? Where (and when) is this "I'm offended" bullshit gonna end? I have no idea where the line is drawn ... not that I really give a fuck ... I'm too old to change. I happen to like fried chicken, cornbread and greens .... and a nice slice of watermelon for desert would be nice. Does that make me racist? There are a LOT of soul food restaurants out there making good money selling their racist food. Shouldn't SOMEBODY be offended and demand an end to it?