IKEA and their racist Juneteenth Menu

I don’t see a probleme here.

Misspellings aside, I'm not mad at that menu. Sounds quite tasty.

Sounds tasty to me!!

Now if they included okra, that might be a bridge too far...

The guy clearly meant well, he just doesn't have a clue. And yes, it sounds delicious.

Hopefully they asked some black folks for input. I've been to many a black family party - they do eat this - and the shit is GOOD. Menu is missing some sweet potato pie and Sprite.

Is fried chicken really a Juneteenth food though? Everything I've been reading said barbecue (which, if you're having a big party in hot weather, is a hell of a lot more practical than standing for hours over a panful of boiling fat.)

I guess Mel Sharples and Archie Bunker work in that Ikea cafeteria.

And it’s 1974.

Fried chicken and watermelon are SOUTHERN food and always have been. Most "soul" food are southern staples .Now a bitch cant enjoy fired chicken or a slice of cold watermelon without being called a racist ? What next,sweet tea ? Get a fucking life you assholes.

What about Hillbilly Day? I guess we get possum and poke salad.

Ha! I am literally eating watermelon right now. 😂

If black people dont want fried chicken and watermelon anymore, we can trade for mayo and hot dogs.

What’s “tatoes”, precious? What’s “tatoes”, eh?

Fried chicken was invented in Scotland. Lots of Scots immigrated to the South and brought it with them. But the soul food thing is touchy.

I'd rather the blacks spit watermelon seeds at me than bullets!

I laughed so hard reading this. In tears. How obtuse can one be? 🤣🤣

As somebody of mixed race, I see nothing wrong with this menu except for the watermelon. That was too much.

That's hilarious. But that menu looks delicious and watermelon is one of the best things in the world. They left out the pork chops.

[quote] Fried chicken was invented in Scotland. Lots of Scots immigrated to the South and brought it with them.

Partly true-and very believable since we Scots will deep fry almost anything. In the American South, frying the chicken in fat was likely a Scottish contribution. They also had spiced fried chicken in West Africa, but fried it in palm oil. The southerners in the US used spices like West Africa, but fried it in animal fat like Scotland. The Romans also had deep-fried chicken as early as the 4th century.

They could have done away with the watermelon, but will someone explain to me what is racist about the rest of the menu?

[quote]They could have done away with the watermelon, but will someone explain to me what is racist about the rest of the menu?

That is the Sunday, after church, menu of many southern black grandmothers. But the combination of watermelon and fried chicken probably is what set the people offended by this off. While many black people do love fried chicken and watermelon, I have yet to find one white person who didn't also love it - just as much, but for some reason that food combo is always used to make fun of black people.

Why doesn't anybody say "it's racist for you to have swedish meatballs and lingonberry jam on your menu."

Because, R22, that’s associated with a specific ethnicity/nationality/store chain rather a race.

Because The Birth of a Nation popularized the racist stereotype that blacks are filthy and eat with their hands. There isn't a Birth of Ikea movie that does the same with Swedish people, and Swedish people have not been historically discriminated against in the US and Swedish Americans are not murdered today by American police on a regular basis.

R23 are you high? You think there are no black people in Sweden that eat fried chicken? Or just people in general?

I wish I could attend. I love IKEA food.

OK..since black cuisine is apparently racist...what wold have been a proper menu?

And GRAPE SODA for the beverage.

There's no chitlins on there.

Aw you beat me to the chitlins! Forget grape soda, what about purple drank?

Sounds delicious! And, in the US context, so racist even David Duke is impressed.

What do "soul food" restaurants serve?

Ikea, you in danger, girl.

There's a soul food restaurant near me and they have the BEST smothered pork chops and fried okra.

The menu sounds delish. I wish I was invited.

R29 Will no one think of the chitlins?

This is just an example of where we are with cancel culture run amok. Sure, if someone is a vile, racist piece of garbage and there's ample evidence of that, cancel them. I'm totally down with that. Wanna boycott a business because their policies are discriminatory or they have donate substantially to an abhorrent political candidate? Go for it. I support that, too.

This is IKEA, FFS! They were well intentioned and making a good faith effort to be more inclusive. Fried chicken and watermelon ARE associated with Southern black culture, and they're a delicious combination. This outrage is ridiculous. "OMG!!! YOU SAID BLACK PEOPLE ENJOY FRIED CHICKEN!!!" Why is that offensive?

If I'm missing something or being ignorant, I'm open to learning more.

It’s so ridiculous it sounds like a hack.

Here's an interesting article from The Atlantic regarding how watermelon became a racist trope. I can see why it may be offensive in a certain context now.

Once the vast majority of a population is too young to remember why a trope was offensive in the first place (without looking it up), does it cease to become offensive?

That's what racism is a perversion, a twisting of the mind.

[quote] perversion

How can this perversion be cured, R40? Should we try and think laterally to find a solution?

Oh FFS.