2009-07-15
Michael Steele-I'll Bring The Fried Chicken and Potato Salad
Was he being racist, is this being blown out of proportion?
I hate to side with bruh man, but I don't think he was trying to be offensive, he was trying to reach out by being familial. As a southern black woman, if I hear my great aunt say come on over, I got fried chicken and potato salad, it isn't her being racist, it is her welcoming you to her home. Not to mention it sounds like in the background before the comment is made, someone says "I'll bring the collard greens!", and he responded. I think Michael was trying that "we are family" approach. He is probably the only person in the Republican party who is doing this, but I don't think what he said was offensive.
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I am no fan of Michael Steele or the party he represents. After watching the clip, it is obvious that his comments were taken out of context.
It's a shame Mr. Steele didn't no this kinda of talk is for the family ONLY!
He shouldn't be talking like that in front of white folks. Especially since too many of them think all we do is sit around eating fried chicken and watermelon. Re-enforcing sterotypes about us is not going to win any friends.
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He sounds as though he is pandering (as he did with thinking that Black=Hip Hop) more than that he is trying to reach out.
It just sounds forced.
It was inappropriate for the particular setting.
What is the difference between what he said, and what BET did in their award show? Both reinforced sterotypes.
What will we say when the SC governer uses such a statement against M.Steele or the first family? Who would blame him?
What if the SC governer said something like we can get the Obamas down here by offering fried chicken and collard greens.. mmm mmm. Would you find that offensive?
There's a Nigerian proverb that says .. if you use your plate to pack (carry) sand, someone else will use it to pack (carry) shit.
Maybe I'm being oversensitive, I don't know. I just think the setting was wrong, and gives other people a license to say worse.
Yeah, that's the way to get Blacks to join the Repubs - fried chicken, malt licquor, blunts, and potato salad.
What about some basketball hoops, free gold teeth, braids, weaves and kung fu movies?
No, he wasn't being racist, just simplistic. And reinforcing stereotypes about Black Americans (cause I am not a fan of fried chicken, although I love jerk chicken).
Good luck to him. Repubs will attract Blacks when they stop being so darn openly racist and hostile toward Black people.
This guy is an idiot and he seems like he will kiss up to anyone in order to get what he wants. It's so transparent.
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