I had to look at my little digital calendar in the bottom right corner to check and see for myself! It’s 2006 folks, the end of it to boot!

There are African Americans who are scared to/won’t eat watermelon and/or fried chicken in front of people of other races for fear of “perpetuating stereotypes”. Ladies and gentlemen this is the DUMBEST shit since being in high school and not wanting to make A’s so as to not seem like a nerd.

Way to deprive yourself of something you enjoy so that the way someone else sees you, which is PROBABLY already skewed ANYWAY before you take a single action, isn’t negatively affected by stereotypes.

I never understood that way of thinking. “I’m not going to eat watermelon because they think that’s all black people do and by gosh, I am not just a watermelon eater, why I eat creme brulee and cavier!” If someone is going to judge you on what you eat and/or how you eat it, then you are ABOVE their judgement anyway.

I love watermelon and I love fried chicken…and it’s not because I’m black, it’s because it’s DAMNED good food. Picture me giving that up because some redneck in some trailer park (or some redneck who’s snarled his way to upper management for that matter) is laughing at me? YEAH RIGHT!

I laughed at the Petey Greene clip (located here if you’ve never seen it…opens in new window or tab if you’re using firefox which you SHOULD) the first time I saw it, but the second time I listened to what he said. His methods are abrasive, even more so than my own, but he’s right.

Black folks we got bigger fish to fry…and eat…without worrying about what someone thinks about what/how we eat!