What's for lunch on MLK day?

[Phyeir]

Racism!

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword...hat_school.php

Just what MLK would have wanted...

Southern Style Chicken

Collard Greens

Peaches

Will the lunch ladies serve it in blackface? Watch the news tomorrow to find out!

[T.A.P.]

It could only be worse if Watermelon was involved.

[IsamuBlue]

LMAO! The meal line-ups a the bottom are hilarious!

[stormy]

That's some good eats right there. Hoo boy.

[rarehero]

they have school on mlk day?
I thought that was a federal holiday.

regardless, if I had the opportunity to eat
fried chicken for lunch everday as a kid,
I'd show up to school even if I was sick.

[ki_atsushi]

Forgot the fuckin' kool-aid.

[SPINMASTER X]

There is nothing offensive about the meal. If they offer it that's fine however, WHAT THE FUCK ARE KIDS DOING AT SCHOOL ON MLK DAY????

[norton9478]

There is nothing offensive about the meal. If they offer it that's fine however, WHAT THE FUCK ARE KIDS DOING AT SCHOOL ON MLK DAY????

If you read the article... It is today...

I agree, there is nothing wrong with those foods... But I think that it would be better done on a different day. It is good to have kids exposed to foods from different regions and ethnicities.

I never had collard greens until I was in my 20's. Good stuff. I also never had real fried chicken until I was in my late 20's.

Too bad the food will probably come out pretty crappy.


PS: My school used to change the names of foods for holiday themes. For instance, Minnestrone soup would be called misseltony soup around chrismas. I don't recommend changing collard greens to colored greens.

[Evil Wasabi]

maybe MLKjr liked that meal.

This just seems like more "white man guilt."

[Nesagwa]

maybe MLKjr liked that meal.

This just seems like more "white man guilt."

Some comments I read elsewhere put it nicely, who complains about serving food typical of a certain culture on a day celebrating that culture?

Nobody complains about serving tacos on Cinco De Mayo or corned beef and cabbage on St. Patricks Day.

[SPINMASTER X]

If you read the article... It is today...

I know it's today.... It's a federal holiday though. Eating typical southern or even "soul food" if you may on a day to commemorate a black man is fine by me, hell do it more often, it probably would take away the stereotype. But why the fuck are kids going to school on a Federal holiday?

I know why, because MLK day isn't taken seriously in some parts of America which is pretty fuckin sad. It's like "oh, MLK, the civil rights leader? We'll pass on that, but let's commemorate George Washington the father of our glorious nation yay".

It's like it doesn't have full status as a holiday. Just give the kids some collard greens and some chicken and call it a day(just not a holiday).

[BigTinz]

colored greens.

[Xian Xi]

Southern Style Chicken

Collard Greens

Peaches

That sounds damn good.

[Beefy Hits]

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[OMFG]

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Only if you feel guilt

Soul food is awesome.

Soul Plane isn't.

[RabbitTroop]

That meal sounds great... We didn't have anything even close to that in our lunch rooms. Most diverse thing we ever got were those octagon-shaped "Mexican" pizzas... I would of killed for some soul food at school.

[norton9478]

I know it's today.... It's a federal holiday though.

MLK day is Monday.

[Medaka]

Yeah because nobody likes fried chicken..
wtf