Look What's On The Menu?

The racist right loves to photobomb negative images of Black people.

A school in California wanted to celebrate Black History Month by bringing out the fried chicken, cornbread, watermelon and Kool-Aid.

It's another racist right attempt to undermine the achievements of Black leaders.

They're so offended that Blacks and Hispanics have months for achievements and they being WHITE MEN don't have their own WHITE HISTORY MONTH.

So I guess our friends in the conservative media couldn't help themselves. That Guy Who Throws Shit On The Wall had posted it this morning and I am betting those daily banters of racial extremists are having a field day complaining.

Hey, why not insert President Barack Obama into the fold. After all the racist right hates him just as much as they hate Black History Month. The racist right would claim that if it wasn't for Obama, "us Black folk" wouldn't have the fried chicken and the purple drank.

Students at Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord wanted to come up with ways to observe the occasion during a lunchtime celebration Friday. But when the school announced a menu of fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon, other students and parents became offended.

A private school makes a poor decision.

“When I first saw that, I was confused. I didn’t understand why our school would do this because we’re totally against that kind of stuff,” said Gianna Scoma, a junior at Carondelet.

School officials held an assembly on campus Wednesday to discuss the issue and also sent a letter apologizing to parents. Principal Nancy Libby wrote that the items were taken off of the menu and that the school doesn’t perpetrate racial stereotypes.

Libby also wrote the school will hold a diversity assembly for students and faculty.

“Cultural insensitivity of any kind is obviously inconsistent with the mission of Carondelet High School,” said school president Sister Ann Bernard.

The educators said Carondelet could have invited speakers or hold a field trip to learn about black history.

While many students felt bad about the announcement, some said our society is too sensitive.

“I understand like how it would offend people. But we’re just doing something to celebrate, not bring it down,” said Morgan Hartford, a junior at the school.

Gabby Simones, a junior at the school who is Latina said, “On Cinco de Mayo we would have probably had enchiladas, rice and beans.”

Robert Jackson, a teacher at Acts Christian Academy said offering fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon is different, because the food goes back to the history of slavery. “We talk about soul food because it was actually food we used that was left over from the master’s table and we used it to restore our soul and restore our hope.”