Tuesday, December 11, 2007
News Blank, Vick and fried chicken
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Last night, during the TV broadcast of "Monday Night Football," Falcons owner Arthur Blank made an unfortunate comment about Michael Vick eating fried chicken in prison.
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Listening to it in context, it sounded like a "the food in prison is unhealthy" comment rather than a "black people sure do love fried chicken" comment.
Nevertheless, it's a cringe-maker.
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YIKES! I agree...it sounds like he's talking about unhealthy food (he said "fried chicken and fries)...but still! I haven't detected anything racist about Blank. But he should know better....Crisis PR to the rescue
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Who cares if black people like fried chicken? Why would it make anyone cringe? Get over it.
I don't especially care what Michael Vick eats or what Arthur Blank says. I would nevertheless prefer that one of Atlanta's most prominent corporate leaders not make remarks that many people will interpret as a tasteless, racial stereotype. Or in the case of fried chicken, a tasty, racial stereotype.
I am retaining a prominent law firm to file suit in this matter. I am a white guy who loves fried chicken and has grown tired of this stereotype stripping me of my Southern birthright to be known as a lover of fried chicken.
Matt...doesn't make me cringe. It's a PR thing. You don't give people a REASON to question your motives.
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