Amazon warehouse workers slam Jeff Bezos' company for offering staff 'an authentic meal' of chicken and waffles as part of their Juneteenth celebration

Daily Mail ^ | June 19, 2020 | Maxine Shen

[A_Former_Democrat]

“Won by black people”?

White men won the Civil War and aftermath

“Black people” didn’t do squat

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Although I don't get the "racist" thing about waffles?

As far as I can tell, there's a perception that the pairing of waffles with fried chicken is a black invention. I don't know if it's true or not, all I can say is I'm grateful to whoever thought of serving fried chicken with waffles - tastes amazing.

[mrsmith]

Anyone ‘up north’ who has tasted “Southern food” wants it.

[Viking2002]

Now you sound like her. She wants pure salted, REAL butter on hers. Lots of it. Well, she wants more butter on EVERYTHING. She's a butterholic. If I gave her a banana split boat loaded with whipped cream, cherries, and walnuts, she'd say, "Needs more butter." It makes me pound my head on the counter, and our cats look at me like I'm the crazy one.

[Rebelbase]

I was too lazy to make waffles so I had chicken and pancakes last night.

[A_Former_Democrat]

LMAO

Paid holiday, not no dayum chikin

Work is anathema to this clown

It kills me when white boys and girls go so overboard they expose their “systemic racism”

[joshua c]

What no watermelon?

[jerod]

No watermelons?

[Beagle8U]

I used to work in the toolroom in a factory that was mostly filled with black women.

One of them broke her glasses and was being sent home because she couldn’t see without them.

I took her glasses in the toolroom and silver-soldered them back good as new.

She thanked me 100X.

It turned out she had a side business on the weekend cooking and selling BBQ pork ribs and all the fixings.

Every Monday at lunch time she would show up with a steaming plate piled high with ribs, always free of charge.

Some people never forget kindness.

[mrsmith]

Naturally, I think butter ( and runny eggs!) the perfect compliment to grits.

I think Yankees make the mistake of judging grits on their own instead of as a compliment to other menu items.
Grits are like toast. More than a mere garnish, but not a staple.

[21twelve]

They should have saved it for Jazz Appreciation Week.

The Chicken and Waffles thing was started down in New Orleans. The Jazz players would get done playing, pack up and then head for something to eat at 4 am.

“No - it’s dinner time. No - it’s breakfast time....” So they combined the two. It is yummy. The sauce makes all the difference.

[mrsmith]

“Some people never forget kindness.”

No matter what the media tells them!
Great story. More true than the media.

[plain talk]

“Aunt Jemima Syrup is 3X more popular among African Americans than the next closest brand.”

You definitely want classic Aunt Jemina syrup with those those waffles.

However now that they are changing the branding I doubt it will taste as good anymore. :-)

[CarolinaPeach]

LOLOL!

Still tasty though!

Peach

[dfwgator]

Are they saying Black cuisine isn’t legit?

Seems racist to me.

[Beagle8U]

It’s 100% true.

[raccoonradio]

https://youtu.be/o9dBiw7xfVU

Fake commercial for Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles from the movie TapeHeads, prod by
Michael Nesmith of the Monkees

[BatGuano]

No, they be serving Moon Pie and RC Cola! Dat’s right!

[Striperman]

Bozo Bezos probably never spent over a minute with anyone of color socially.

[mrsmith]

Was a maint tech in an industrial laundry.
Often did favors for the workers.
It served my interests, and they deserved any help they needed. Admirable, hard-working people.