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Damn Prisco's relief fund makes my unemployed ass wish it had a relief fund so it had enough money to donate to Prisco.

Oh yeah, I would also like to move into Anne Hathaway's cleavage. I'm pretty sure it's a self-sustaining ecosystem.

I'm pretty positive that I Love You, Phillip Morris will be on my Best of 2010 list in December. So very excited for that movie.

Am I the only person who is shocked at the size of Kim Kardashian's ass? Obviously I mean in comparison to the rest of her body. That thing is HUGE (and perky)! I knew it was big but I didn't know it was THAT big.

I don't know...I can't get offended by a black chef serving soul food during black history month. I just want some of it.

I've been sitting here trying to figure out if it is or isn't offensive. I mean, I get why people think it's offensive, and I get why people think it's not, I just wanna know which it is, really.

I would want some as well, Amanda! The cafeteria at my job would not serve that... mostly bc they r a news organization and everything there is super pc.

more than anything, I think it's just stupid that the person drawing up the sign wouldn't think, "hmm... some people could take it the wrong way."

Is it offensive to serve Chinese food on Chinese new years? Are Chinese people offended if people suggest they like rice and chinese dumplings because I thought it would actually be cute to serve Chinese Food at work on Chinese new year but I won't if it's offensive. Oh God, am I as stupid and insensitive as the NBC chef?

Should I bring that in for the staff and residents? Yay or nay?

I once lived in this swinger's subdivision in Love Valley. I got tired of it though, I was totally tapped out. I complained to the manager, but he just said, "Check your lease, man. Because you're living in fuck city!"

hmmm... becks, personally, if someone served Kung Pao Chicken/General Tso Chicken/Orange Chicken on chinese new year, i'd be pretty offended. But just mostly by their taste...

I would be super happy if you served dumplings on chinese new year though. I LOVEEEE DUMPLINGS!

Also, chinese new year is in 9 days!!!whooo

I love Ewan. Also - that redubby star trek? 'Come to my place, we'll put on some Zepplin and eat Cheddar Cheeeese' - I almost died laughing!

It doesn't matter if a barking frog says it, truth is truth, and Bob Dylan can not sing for shit. The man can right the hell out of some songs, but sing? No.

It doesn't matter if a barking frog says it, truth is truth, and Bob Dylan can not sing for shit. The man can right the hell out of some songs, but sing? No.--EricD

Oh sweet Godtopus, EricD and I agree on something. The rapture must be nigh.

Actually, per TVtattle, the woman who worked in the cafeteria had been trying to get this menu for February for 8 years and she's pretty pissed that the sign had to be taken down.

Even ?love seems to be embarrassed having the thing blow up.

Posted by: groovekiller at February 5, 2010 6:07 PM

Also, she's a black lady herself, so I can't see why anyone would get offended when it was an actual black lady who advocated the idea and came up with the menu. It's not like a bunch of old white execs came up with it...

I just don't get the whole Anne Hathaway thing. The plot of any movie she's in invariably has the range we all witnessed in episode after ingeniously creative episode of Scooby Doo.

Remember that one Anne Hathaway movie where she starts out a nobody, then gets into trouble, and then in the end, after some remarkable transformation, she triumphs? My god, that movie was AWESOME!!!!!

This is how we take over, kids. First a Pajiban will conquer TV, then movies, then The Academy itself. It can all start with a small donation to the Prisco Relief Fund!

a friend of mine emailed me to ask whether or not the menu was offensive and how it was different than serving bratwurst and sauerkraut for Oktoberfest, and he also said that "most of my other black friends do have relatives with family recipes for fried chicken and other southern fare, and it is a staple of their upbringing and culture."

my response:

"i think it comes down to an issue of perception among some people. fried chicken and watermelon has historically been a stereotype associated with black people and at first, the menu seemed to be feeding into that stereotype not necessarily in a negative way, but in a way that was just so blatantly stereotypical that it made me bristle. i thought "what's the point? serve some southern food and call it a black history celebration? that's pretty lame." as for your point about oktoberfest, i'm not aware of traditionally german food feeding any historically negative stereotype about german people.

fried chicken, collards and whatnot is a traditionally southern food, not just "black people food." i think it can be a negative stereotype that is used to perpetuate negative perception about black people among people inclined to have negative perceptions about black people. (if that makes any sense.) like "black people go CRAZY around chicken and watermelon! hide your white women!"

i wonder if the black friends you mention grew up in the south? among my "northern" black friends, it's sort of funny that fried chicken and collards are seen as "black people food." i didn't grow up on it and neither did they, although we certainly recognize that soul food aka black people food is mostly those kinds of southern food. but what do i know... my mom is a jew. :)

you make a good point though and i certainly wouldn't think you're being an apologist!

i guess the point is, it's all about context. my view of the whole issue changed when i found out it was a black chef who came up with the idea. it just goes to show that race in this country is a very touchy subject, huh?

(oh, i found this link on the subject if you're interested)

http://www.weekly.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1921:fried-chicken-and-watermelon-racism-through-food-in-america&catid=1:comments&Itemid=109

p.s. i do make really good collard greens, btw."

all that aside, my favorite response which i saw on twitter was "i'm simultaneously offended and hungry."

I gave a small donation but if the Boozehound is matching I'm tempted to give a larger one just to make him pay through the nose. Bwahahaha.