NBC Cafeteria Celebrates Black History Month With

Digging4Truth · #1 02-05-2010, 09:47 AM

NBC Cafeteria Celebrates Black History Month With Fried Chicken Special (Update)
by Steve Krakauer | 1:52 pm, February 4th, 2010

So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the special today to be, among other things, fried chicken, “in honor of Black History Month”?

Because, spoiler alert – it wasn’t a good idea at all. And now NBCU employee Questlove is bringing it to the attention of his 1 million plus Twitter followers.

Questlove, the band leader and drummer for The Roots (the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) tweeted this picture from the NBC Commissary at 30 Rock, with the comment: “Hmm HR?”

(And he wasn’t the only employee to notice.)

This probably won’t end well.

> Update: @NBCU just tweeted:

@questlove http://twitpic.com/11d07s – The sign in the NBCU cafeteria has been removed. We apologize for anyone who was offended by it.

This Twitter feed appears to have been started just to tweet this was set up a few months ago, but was used for the first time today.

> Update at 5:30: NBC-owned TheGrio.com (an “African American Breaking News and Opinion” site), has a response from the chef who came up with the meal and made the sign. In part:

It’s not trying to offend anybody and it’s not trying to suggest that that’s all that African-Americans eat. It’s just a good meal.

Digging4Truth · #2 02-05-2010, 10:04 AM

Should there be a white, Asian or Hispanic history month...

What food would you find insulting if used to celebrate said month?

n david · #3 02-05-2010, 10:24 AM

I admit, I kinda laughed when I saw the pic. Not really because of the pic, but because of where it was from! NBC! These people are supposed to know better.

I think Keith Olbermann should make them his worse person of the decade or whatever he calls it.

Is it offensive? I don't think so, but I can't really say. I would remind people that it's a cafeteria, so considering that and the month ... I dunno. I wouldn't be insulted if there was a white history month with a sign for hamburgers and hot dogs or steak and baked potato.

It's funny it happened to NBC.

Just think what would've happened if it happened to, let's say, FoxNews!

DividedThigh · #4 02-05-2010, 12:29 PM

there should just be history, like americans, either you are or you aint, we are the great melting pot, mixed, that is our strength, if truly americans we are one, dt

Digging4Truth · #5 02-05-2010, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

there should just be history, like americans, either you are or you aint, we are the great melting pot, mixed, that is our strength, if truly americans we are one, dt

Indeed.