Aramark apologizes for serving racially insensitive meal at Nyack Middle School on first day of Black History Month

CBS News ^ | FEBRUARY 3, 202 | James Alain L.

[allen592]

Black History Month is a time to honor triumphs of African Americans throughout history, but students and parents at Nyack Middle School raised the alarm after a racially insensitive meal was offered on the first day of the month.

Honore Santiago's mother reassured her daughter, who is in the sixth grade, saying, "You should feel very happy that you spoke up."

[Ouderkirk]

Fried Chicken, Collard, and watermellon?

[xkaydet65]

I agree with the watermelon, but chicken and waffles? Should Cheesecake Factory take them off the menu? And it’s well known here in NYC that Harlem all night eateries served them to club musicians heading home at the end of their gigs.

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Send me a plate of that even more offensive meal - BBQ’d ribs and collard greens

With pepper vinegar?

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Hilarious!

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Is it an insult to the Indians to serve turkey on Thanksgiving?

Yes. Many Indians are strict vegetarians.

[brianl703]

Same company (Aramark) served fried chicken and watermelon to celebrate black history month at a company I worked for probably about 15 years ago.

Nobody cared.

[bankwalker]

dots or feathers?

[rktman]

Have they thrown away all their cotton clothing yet? That shold be a YUGER trigger than some yummy watermelon. Have we gone absolutely in-friggin-sane? Yup? They don’t usually serve watermelon? Meaning what? Oppression? 🤡🐂💩

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As a rule, I'm not a fan of _____ Month.

You're really going to hate it when Jao Bai Din declares Chinese History Month...

[waterhill]

Slain and grilled a few wild turkeys with a bow and arrows.Never used a tomahawk(Bear Clan Seneca here)

An aside: Iroquois and Hurons and some Inuit were using bronze age tools prior to Chris Columbus’ arrival. Damn Norse/Vikings

[raccoonradio]

Yup!

“It’s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens
Mom’s cookin’ chicken—and collard greens!”
—Run DMC (rap)

Chicken’s great, Popeye’s...

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Why the hate for the Belgans?

[bert]

Well, at least there is a history of Chinese civilization that goes back thousands of years. It is real history

[sport]

I believe it [Watermelon being a racists thing] is a media creation. Just like “soul food”. We were raised on “soul food” and did not know it. Chillings, hog head cheese, hoe cake, greens, tomato gravy, biscuits, corn bread, beans, peas, pork chops, [steak was too expensive unless one had an old cow to kill cows that gave milk were never killed because that was where your milk came from and the milk you made your butter with]]tripe, salmon, eggs, grits, pan cakes,bacon, ham and ham gravy. That was what people in Turkey Creek, Florida eat in the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s and were thankful to get it.

[logi_cal869]

Funny thing is that they sold out.

[Orosius]

The minute they debarked from those slave ships in Charleston, the abducted Africans were force-fed fried chicken and waffles to begin conditioning them for their new life of chattel servitude.

[bk1000]

LOL, true story: back when I was working in the shop our facility manager decided each month would recognize a part of our vastly diverse workforce. They started with May 5, for “Latin American Heritage” by serving tacos in the break room. I thought that someone clearly had not thought this through and I exclaimed: “ Wow, does this mean we get fried chicken and watermelon during black history month?” The black guys nearby laughed. A white guy near me wondered if we would get free laundry during Asian month. A Philippina chick heard him and he had to go to re-education camp.

[waterhill]

Well done. Slow clap.

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It is not native to Africa.

Kordofan melons from Sudan are the closest relatives and may be progenitors of modern, cultivated watermelons.[2] Wild watermelon seeds were found in Uan Muhuggiag, a prehistoric site in Libya that dates to approximately 3500 BC.[3] Watermelons were domesticated in north-east Africa, and cultivated in Egypt by 2000 BC, although they were not the sweet modern variety. Sweet dessert watermelons spread across the Mediterranean world during Roman times.[4] ~ Wikipedia

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