Comments on: Uncle Tom http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 08:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31328 Elyrest Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:22:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31328 I don't know if anyone will see this comment as we have moved on to gay marriage, butt dialing and Pat Robertson being the devil, but I'll throw it in anyway. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22232841/detail.html The Denver Public Schools are apologizing for a planned lunch menu for Martin Luther King Day. "The lunch, planned for Friday, was to include southern-style chicken, collard greens and a biscuit in honor of King." The problem wasn't what they were serving, but that no one thought that there would be a problem with what they were serving. They were trying to honor his southern heritage, but forgot about cultural stereotypes. Many people are too sensitive about things like this, but until the caricature stops being a caricature people have to be more aware of how insensitive something like this can look. Hopefully there will be a day when fried chicken can be openly served on MLK Day, but we aren't there yet. I don’t know if anyone will see this comment as we have moved on to gay marriage, butt dialing and Pat Robertson being the devil, but I’ll throw it in anyway.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22232841/detail.html

The Denver Public Schools are apologizing for a planned lunch menu for Martin Luther King Day.

“The lunch, planned for Friday, was to include southern-style chicken, collard greens and a biscuit in honor of King.”

The problem wasn’t what they were serving, but that no one thought that there would be a problem with what they were serving. They were trying to honor his southern heritage, but forgot about cultural stereotypes. Many people are too sensitive about things like this, but until the caricature stops being a caricature people have to be more aware of how insensitive something like this can look. Hopefully there will be a day when fried chicken can be openly served on MLK Day, but we aren’t there yet.

]]> By: MrKenneth http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31018 MrKenneth Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:09:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31018 I will be in Philly the week 6/29 - 7/4. Either side of that good for me. NY not far away but my memory tells me CIDU Bill lived on the Gulf coast, but then again I am older. I will be in Philly the week 6/29 - 7/4. Either side of that good for me. NY not far away but my memory tells me CIDU Bill lived on the Gulf coast, but then again I am older.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31001 Nicole Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:16:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-31001 he does now :-) he does now :-)

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30993 Elyrest Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:22:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30993 Does Bill know about this yet? Does Bill know about this yet?

]]> By: Morris Keesan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30992 Morris Keesan Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:07:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30992 Bill's house works for me. Somewhere in New York State, right? Maybe Long Island? That's within a day's drive for me. Bill’s house works for me. Somewhere in New York State, right? Maybe Long Island? That’s within a day’s drive for me.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30991 Nicole Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:46:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30991 At CIDU Bill's house for a barbecue At CIDU Bill’s house for a barbecue

]]> By: MrKenneth http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30990 MrKenneth Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:43:03 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30990 so when and where are all the regulars going to meet for that summertime CIDU convention? so when and where are all the regulars going to meet for that summertime CIDU convention?

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30975 Nicole Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:37:58 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30975 Elyrest #39 -- I hate it if I ever made a mistake :-P Elyrest #39 — I hate it if I ever made a mistake :-P

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30973 Elyrest Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:46:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30973 Nicole - Make that kidded you. (Don't you just hate it when you see the mistake just as you hit submit?) Nicole - Make that kidded you. (Don’t you just hate it when you see the mistake just as you hit submit?)

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30972 Elyrest Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:44:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/07/uncle-tom/#comment-30972 Nicole (#35) - I knew you'd laugh, that's why I kided you. As for Uncle Tom, it wasn't until Morris Keesan's (#37) observation that I realized I have an Uncle Tom. Not that I didn't know it, but because I'm like Keera (blue eyes and fair skin) I never equated it with the cartoon. It makes me wonder if I was black if I would have brought this up right away. Nicole (#35) - I knew you’d laugh, that’s why I kided you.

As for Uncle Tom, it wasn’t until Morris Keesan’s (#37) observation that I realized I have an Uncle Tom. Not that I didn’t know it, but because I’m like Keera (blue eyes and fair skin) I never equated it with the cartoon. It makes me wonder if I was black if I would have brought this up right away.

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