Seriously, what is it all about. I got NO clue.
I hear it all the time, I just dont get it.
Dont non-blacks like fried chicken and water melon too?
Is it a bad thing to eat a balanced meanl?
Like I said: "I dont have a clue"
Someone enlighten me please
2006-09-04 17:33:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Watermelon: Slaves working in the hot fields were sometimes given watermelon because the sugar brought their energy levels up, it was cheap (homegrown) and kept them from getting dehydrated. The slave owners laughed over how much black people loved watermelon and the stereotype stuck.
Fried Chicken: This is a form of meat that is much cheaper than beef. Families who were economically deprived had it often. They learned how to cook it so that it wasn't boring. This led to another stereotype.
Racism is so unintelligent that it grasps at anything at all to make the racist feel superior. Don't let it get to you. Who you are cannot be defined by anyone ever.
2006-09-04 17:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by beast 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That stereotype came from the Jim Crowe days, but I don't know the basis for it.
I love fried chicken (my Mom's not KFC) and I love watermelon even more!
I guess I'm an embarrassment to my race :-(
2006-09-04 17:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve fried chicken and watermelon busts with the neighbors. Soul food is just 'food' for a lot of us white southerners.
2006-09-04 18:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have often wondered that myself. Fried chicken, watermelon & tap dancing. Stereotyping I guess.
2006-09-04 17:37:17 · answer #4 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause Ludacris said so I guess... and other rappers...white people like it too..so, I don't know
2006-09-04 17:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by awesome_eo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
be carefull what you say about black people on this program, they zap you in no time at all
2006-09-04 17:41:57 · answer #6 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ok another racist remark.
2006-09-04 17:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋