Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth : news
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Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    9 days ago

    Everyone ate it too. The mockery was because

    • they were messy to eat
    • they were staples commonly eaten
    • they were made and sold by black people early in their steps of economic independence following slavery.
    • racism doesn’t have to make sense.

    If you hate someone, anything they do can be something you use to express your hate, even if you do it to.

    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      If you hate someone, anything they do can be something you use to express your hate, even if you do it to.

      Yeah I think this is the big kicker right here.