"Since the Civil War traditional slave foods like fried chicken, watermelon, and chitterlings, have suffered a strong association with racist African American stereotypes and blackface minstrelry. This was commercialized for the first half of the 20th century by restaurants like Sambo's and Coon Chicken Inn, which selected exaggerated blacks as mascots, implying quality by their association with the stereotype. While acknowledged positively as soul food in the modern age by many, the affinity that African American culture has for fried chicken has been considered a delicate, often pejorative issue; While still present, this perception has been fading for several decades with the ubiquitous nature of fried chicken dishes in the US and an embrace of political correctness."
People can cry foul (no pun intended) about this, but the fact remains both of these items have been used as stereotypes for many many years...and the people that made the "funny money" knew this.
[edited "you" to "people, as I wasn't implying anyone imparticular]
I think it really stems from the fact that at one time, fried chicken was considered poor people's food. Here's the thing that these idiots just don't seem to get - poor people's food tastes REALLY GOOD! ;)
http://www.soupsong.com/fwaterme.html
Fried chicken:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_chicken
Especially with this sentence -
"Since the Civil War traditional slave foods like fried chicken, watermelon, and chitterlings, have suffered a strong association with racist African American stereotypes and blackface minstrelry. This was commercialized for the first half of the 20th century by restaurants like Sambo's and Coon Chicken Inn, which selected exaggerated blacks as mascots, implying quality by their association with the stereotype. While acknowledged positively as soul food in the modern age by many, the affinity that African American culture has for fried chicken has been considered a delicate, often pejorative issue; While still present, this perception has been fading for several decades with the ubiquitous nature of fried chicken dishes in the US and an embrace of political correctness."
People can cry foul (no pun intended) about this, but the fact remains both of these items have been used as stereotypes for many many years...and the people that made the "funny money" knew this.
[edited "you" to "people, as I wasn't implying anyone imparticular]
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Wow.
Ok, well, I acknowledge that you're correct, but, damn, that's weird.
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