Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth : news
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Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

    • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      371·
      3 months ago

      That’s part of the cruelty. Almost everybody loves fried chicken. But growing up in the deep south, they were mocked for it in nasty ways I witnessed (but don’t feel comfortable describing).

      • Drusas@kbin.run
        112·
        3 months ago

        I think part of the disconnect is that you don’t see that same mockery in the north.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      3 months ago

      Everyone ate it too. The mockery was because

      • they were messy to eat
      • they were staples commonly eaten
      • they were made and sold by black people early in their steps of economic independence following slavery.
      • racism doesn’t have to make sense.

      If you hate someone, anything they do can be something you use to express your hate, even if you do it to.

      • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        If you hate someone, anything they do can be something you use to express your hate, even if you do it to.

        Yeah I think this is the big kicker right here.