Slate Writer: Racism Could Explain White Turkey Meat Preference

NewsBusters ^ | November 26, 2012 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Have you been enjoying your Thanksgiving turkey leftovers? Do you have a preference for the white meat? If you do, then racism could explain why you prefer the white meat to the dark meat.

In an article worthy of The Onion but published in all seriousness in Slate, writer Ron Rosenbaum plumbs the depths of absolute ridiculousness to explain his white meat racism theory. First he details why white meat is supposedly so horrible:

[Responsibility2nd]

Has got to be satire.

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I don’t know... This is Slate that we’re talking about here.

Dumber than a box of rocks.

[mykroar]

Same.

[MrB]

Remember this?

[pgkdan]

I’m as white and pale as they come and I like dark meat.

I guess we're both traitors to our white heritage...

[OpusatFR]

I like ham better than turkey.

Ham is pink.

I guess my bias is toward really sunburned caucasians.

[married21]

Sorry about the double post. It really just means that I approve of second helpings.

[crosshairs]

I much prefer dark meat and dark chocolate

Dark chocolate is too bitter. Wait, can I say that? Is that racist?

[teflon9]

I’m thinking that Rosenbaum is a darn good troll.

[reegs]

Such is the world we live in where political-correctness has run amok. Every little decision you make is seen through the lens of political-think to ensure that the buying and trading in guilt continues. Ayn Rand had it exactly correct:

"But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt."

[ilovesarah2012]

Black Friday has already been deemed racist.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/11/27/joy-behar-s-moral-quandary-isnt-it-little-racist-call-it-black-friday

Joy Behar’s Moral Quandary: ‘Isn’t it a Little Racist to Call it Black Friday?’

She really is an idiot.

[MrB]

Joy, isn’t it a little ignorant of you to not understand what the “black” part of black friday refers to?

(hint, it’s a good thing)

[WashingtonSource]

So, why do whites prefer black pianos and blacks prefer white pianos? Hmmm, idiot professor?

[BykrBayb]

I prefer white meat, and dark chocolate. Am I a hypocrite?

[MrB]

I guess that depends on the pianist.

[himno hero]

xactly, we had black humor before we discovered Africa!

We get the rights to the use of “black”. After all, it is our word. Joy is such a idiot.

[reg45]

I’m as white and pale as they come and I like dark meat. What does that make me?

A TASTE TRAITOR.

[DemforBush]

“White meat turkey has no taste. Its slabs of dry, fibrous material are more like cardboard conveyances, useful only for transporting flavorsome food like stuffing and gravy from plate to mouth.”

Don’t know who’s been doing Rosenbaum’s Thanksgiving Turkey, but my white meat turkey always comes out nice and juicy. Maybe his cook is a racist!

[Ellendra]

I think white meat tastes better straight or in a sandwich, while dark meat makes better soups and casseroles.

Some people are just too fixated on race.

[Tublecane]

A race traitor, apparently.

[Cyber Liberty]

FTA: White meat turkey has no taste. Its slabs of dry, fibrous material are more like cardboard conveyances, useful only for transporting flavorsome food like stuffing and gravy from plate to mouth. It's less a foodstuff than a turkey app, simulated meat, a hyperlink to real food.

Somebody's only had overcooked turkey his whole life.