Yesterday, a million Twitter fans got to see what NBC was serving at its cafeteria for Black History month after Late Night band-member Questlove tweeted a picture of the menu (with the comment “Hmmm HR?”). The menu included Fried Chicken, Collard Greens and Fountain Soda (the type of soda was not specified, thankfully). This seemed to have upset a lot of folks which prompted a change in the menu just a few hours later.
The cook who came up with the menu responded through NBC-owned TheGrio.com which is an African American news and opinion website:
February 5, 2010 at 1:12 am
I know about the cliches regarding fried chicken and watermelon, but what is it about strawberry soda that makes black people say that they wouldn’t be caught dead drinking it?
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February 5, 2010 at 5:22 am
Has anyone ever stopped to consider that fried chicken and collard greens are damn good. Maybe it’s because I’m from Atlanta, but it just seems like a good meal to me.
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February 5, 2010 at 4:07 pm
these guys will never let it down, see what yall did….
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February 6, 2010 at 7:21 am
umm whats so racist about this lol. stupid cunts.
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