" You give him watermelon and load him up with fried chicken and tell him to keep eating"

Zelazny · 10-23-2003, 06:25 AM

" You give him watermelon and load him up with fried chicken and tell him to keep eating "

Is that a racist statement or not in your opinion ?? It was aimed at San Diego RB Ladanian Tomlinson .....

model722 · 10-23-2003, 06:50 AM

Yea, I hate it when people pick on fried chicken and watermelon, next folks will attack steak and potatoes, what the heck is the world comming too.

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Jorgy · 10-23-2003, 09:19 AM

No it' s not, if it was coming from a white guy, then yes

stork · 10-23-2003, 09:29 AM

I think that it is. No matter who said it. It was ment to point out the fact that he is black. Therefore a racist statement!

What a wast of valuable HR time Hip! It would appere to me that your employee is the racist.

POC · 10-23-2003, 09:36 AM

My ABSOLUTE favorite food is fried chicken. My Mom always made MD fried chicken with lots of " brownies" . As an Army brat we traveled alot, usually by car when we moved because of the dogs and she told me I always ate fried chicken at restaurants.

Watermelon is best when injected with rum before being cut.

Just to lighten things up a bit.

POC

Zelazny · 10-23-2003, 09:47 AM

What does it matter WHO said it ?

Charlie P · 10-23-2003, 10:06 AM

Last year I said to a kid at practice " How' s my boy today" he' s black. You should have seen the heads spin around. He was on my kids team a couple years before and we have a good relationship. I still went over to the father to let him know I didn' t mean anything he laughed.

Alot of people thought I was calling this kid Boy because of his skin color,couldn' t have been farther from the truth.

Jorgy · 10-23-2003, 10:11 AM

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What does it matter WHO said it ?

It makes a huge difference, don' t pretend it doesn' t. Double standard, you bet your ass.

Here is an example that doesn' t have anything to do with race. My buddies can come up to me and say alot of things that no one else can. Example, If a freind of mine sees me somewhere and says something like " how you doing you friggen homo" it' s a term of enderment. If a stranger comes up to me and says the same thing, he is probably going to have a sore eye.

WANWTF · 10-23-2003, 10:41 AM

We had a couple here who' s house was painted with racial epitaths and burned to the ground... Police upon investigating, found that all their valuables were placed in an apartment prior to the racial assault - turns out they did it to themselves. I think they should be charged with a " Hate Crime" ... they obviously hated themselves.