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In reply to the discussion: Conservative blogger posts Obama photo in chains with fried chicken [View all]ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)7. In the minds of racists, what is the connection between chicken and black people?
Don't most American meat eaters enjoy chicken? Chicken is one of my favorite meats, and it is fairly healthy.
To me, it's like saying, "Ha ha! Black people wear pants!" The insult makes no sense to me.
What am I missing?
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Conservative blogger posts Obama photo in chains with fried chicken [View all]
bathroommonkey76
Mar 2012
OP
From August 2010: Tara Servatius Linked to Terrorist White Supremacist Group : League of the South
bathroommonkey76
Mar 2012
#3
Why are these goons working at a think tank named after John Locke? He wasn't regressive.
freshwest
Mar 2012
#9
Libertarians think he is their founder; and they attach themselves to "states' rights" movements
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#15
I did notice that, and wondered whether to correct it in the 'paste'
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#28
More than that, her speaking before racist groups. That should be linked on every post.
freshwest
Mar 2012
#10
She intended it to be homophobic. Her column was mocking Obama for opposing a homophobic amendment.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#24
Oh yes, it was definitely racist as well. The John Locke Foundation always is. They never disappoint
yardwork
Mar 2012
#49
In the minds of racists, what is the connection between chicken and black people?
ZombieHorde
Mar 2012
#7
In way, their characterizations about watermelon and fried chicken are a slap at all Southerners.
freshwest
Mar 2012
#11
Lots of black people live in the South, and that food is popular there? That's it?
ZombieHorde
Mar 2012
#12
Even when they mock what some of them call 'talking black' or whatever, they are talking about the
freshwest
Mar 2012
#16