[DogByte6RER]

From Military Times about the Fort Bragg menu:

Fort Bragg’s “stereotypical” Black History Month menu: Does it make you angry or just hungry?

Gawker knocked Fort Bragg’s special Black History Month meal of fried chicken, pigs feet, ham hocks and collard greens, saying “all the stereotypical foods are represented.”

Many of the commenters on the original Gawker post did not seem outraged. Should they have been? Does offering soul food reinforce stereotypes or recognize a cultural contribution?

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/outside-the-wire/2012/02/16/fort-braggs-stereotypical-black-history-month-menu-does-it-make-you-angry-or-just-hungry/

[DogByte6RER]

From Gawker:

U.S. Army Base’s ‘Black History Heritage’ Meal: Malcolm X, Pig Feet

A tipster forwards us this “Black History Heritage Meal” menu from the US Army base in Ft. Bragg, NC: fried chicken, pig feet, ham hocks, collard greens... all the stereotypical foods are represented. The ol’ “comedically stereotypical Black History Month menu” is a pretty damn familiar trope of its own, at this point. I’m more impressed by the US Army’s open-minded photo montage.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”

W.E.B. DUBOIS: “What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand millions in diamonds and cocoa?”

MALCOLM X: “You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.”

And of course the most famous Malcolm X quote of all, “Come enjoy some pork chops and pig feet!’

http://gawker.com/black-history-month/

[albie]

“but is there an appropriate way to honor Black History Month?”

...yes. Abolish it and allow blacks back into American history. BHM does nothing more than tell blacks...”you’re not good enough for AH.”

[martin_fierro]

[Grizzled Bear]

During a deployment, each day of the week the DFAC had a different "ethnic" meal. We had Italian Night, Mexican Night, African American Night, etc...

While in line, I caused a lot of people (of diverse races) to bust out laughing when I looked at the fare and said, "Mac and Cheese, Fried Chicken, Corn Bread...I grew up on this stuff; I didn't know I was African American!"

I confess, this part made me LOL!

or giving out free tampons during Women’s History Month. You just don’t do it.

[duckman]

Is there any link which actually posts a legible menu?

[blueunicorn6]

I was OK with it until I saw “Short Order”. Filthy, racist swine.....

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Fried Chicken, Bottle of Ripple, Box of Gubment cheese, and Crack Cocaine. A heritage to be proud of.

[A_perfect_lady]

In my classroom, the kids are learning about Neil deGrasse Tyson and John McWhorter for BHM. They already know all the grievance types and the sports & entertainment types.

[apillar]

but is there an appropriate way to honor Black History Month? I'll honor black history month, as soon as a white history month is established...

[NativeSon]

The photo on the top left looks like the black Lenin

and reading this makes me hungry

[PzLdr]

I’m still waiting for the outrage from the minority community over being given the shortest month for “Black History Month”.

[Iron Munro]

Obama Fried Chicken

[Joe 6-pack]

"How much for just one rib?"

[rawcatslyentist]

They forgot the traditional looting of the shoe stores.

[TomGuy]

I once made a post that mentioned the big green-on-the-outside red-on-the-inside watery summer melon-type fruit and KFC in the same post.

You can’t do that.

It got pulled.

lol

[Fiji Hill]

Here's some music to go along with the meal:

• Chicken Blues--The Dominoes

• Chicken--The Moroccos

• The Greasy Chicken--Andre Williams & the Don Juans

• Bacon Fat--Big Daddy & the Boys

• Crazy Chicken--The Five Jets

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Does Michelle know the military is serving fried foods?

[Brookhaven]

These are SOUTHERN dishes. There is nothing particularly black about these dishes.

Fried chicken, collard greens, black eyed peas, and cornbread with banana pudding for desert was a typical meal for me growing up in Georgia.

An oh yea, in season, we had watermelon at least once a week.

My mom didn’t serve pigs feet (although I did have cousins that ate it), buy everything else on that list was part of my regular diet growing up. And, as an adult some 40 years later, they are still some of my favorite foods.

[Brookhaven]

These are SOUTHERN dishes. There is nothing particularly black about these dishes.

Fried chicken, collard greens, black eyed peas, and cornbread with banana pudding for desert was a typical meal for me growing up in Georgia.

An oh yea, in season, we had watermelon at least once a week.

My mom didn’t serve pigs feet (although I did have cousins that ate it), buy everything else on that list was part of my regular diet growing up. And, as an adult some 40 years later, they are still some of my favorite foods.

[FrankR]