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[DisturbedPervert]

True story:

The Chinese guy who runs the cafeteria at my company's SF location changed the menu to fried chicken and watermelon on MLK day.

No waffles?   

[Eddie Teach]

That happened in my dining hall when I was in college. They didn't understand why it was offensive.

Neither do I. Fried chicken is yummy.

[Josquius]

Why is fried chicken offensive?
I know its a stereotype that black folk eat that for some reason and all stereotypes are bad but....how on earth did that stereotype come to be?
The watermellon one is new to me kinda. Though there is the whole 'water mellon grin' thing.

[Josephus]

So I get gas at a full service station today.

It came to $38 and I give the guy $40.

The guy insisted he owed me $12. I fought with him for like a minute, but in the end, I took it.

[Malthus]

True story:

The Chinese guy who runs the cafeteria at my company's SF location changed the menu to fried chicken and watermelon on MLK day.

I can see that happening; offensive stereotypes do not translate well across cultures. The Chinese dude probably just thought he was honouring MLK by offering "typical Black food" in the same way as one could imagine a Black guy honouring a Chinese hero by serving "Chinese food". 

[DisturbedPervert]

I can see that happening; offensive stereotypes do not translate well across cultures.

Australian KFC ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqMGlqYHPg

[Malthus]

I can see that happening; offensive stereotypes do not translate well across cultures.

Australian KFC ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqMGlqYHPg

Heh, I was looking to post that myself.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34767362/ns/business-consumer_news/

[jimmy olsen]

True story:

The Chinese guy who runs the cafeteria at my company's SF location changed the menu to fried chicken and watermelon on MLK day.

I can see that happening; offensive stereotypes do not translate well across cultures. The Chinese dude probably just thought he was honouring MLK by offering "typical Black food" in the same way as one could imagine a Black guy honouring a Chinese hero by serving "Chinese food".

I can see that, but the Tar baby dolls is something obvious in my opinion.

[Malthus]

True story:

The Chinese guy who runs the cafeteria at my company's SF location changed the menu to fried chicken and watermelon on MLK day.

I can see that happening; offensive stereotypes do not translate well across cultures. The Chinese dude probably just thought he was honouring MLK by offering "typical Black food" in the same way as one could imagine a Black guy honouring a Chinese hero by serving "Chinese food".

I can see that, but the Tar baby dolls is something obvious in my opinion.

What exactly are "Tar baby dolls"?

[jimmy olsen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_baby

[Ed Anger]

I wish Disney would release Song of the South on DVD in the States.

[The Larch]

There used to be lots of fried chicken jokes in The Fresh Prince. Is Will Smith racist too?

[Zanza]

This is the decision of the German constitutional court on something related to social security for children. Legalese sucks.

§ 20, paragraph 2 1. Sentence and paragraph 3, sentence 1, § 28, paragraph 1, sentence 3 No. 1 1. Alternative, each in conjunction with § 20 paragraph 1, Book II Social Code as amended by the Fourth Act for Modern Services on the labor of 24 December 2003 (Federal Law Gazette I page 2954), § 20, paragraph 2, sentence 1 and paragraph 3, Book II Social Code as amended by the Act to Amend the Second Social Code and other laws of 24 March 2006 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 558), § 28, paragraph 1, sentence 3 No. 1 1 Alternative, in conjunction with § 74 Social Code Book II as amended by the Act to secure employment and stability in Germany, 2 March 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 416), each in conjunction with § 20 paragraph 1, Book II Social Code as amended by the Act concerning the development of basic security for jobseekers, 20 July 2006 (Federal Law Gazette I page 1706), as well as notices on the amount of control power according to § 20 paragraph 2 and § 20 paragraph 2 sentence 1 Social Code Book II, 1 September 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I page 2718), 20 July 2006 (Federal Law Gazette I page 1702), 18 June 2007 (Federal Law Gazette I page 1139), 26 June 2008 (Federal Law Gazette I page 1102) and of 17 June 2009 (Federal Law Gazette I page 1342) are incompatible with Article 1, paragraph 1, the Basic Law in conjunction with the welfare state principle of Article 20, paragraph 1, the Basic Law.

Here is what the case was about if you care: http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/pressemitteilungen/bvg10-005en.html

[Liep]

http://attuworld.com/wtf/bungee-jump-prank-tops-all-other-pranks.html

Cruel, but very entertaining.

[Admiral Yi]

An economist on NPR said Greek default is "probable."

Also, the Greek PM apparently pointed the finger of blame at hedge funds at Davos.