Fried Chicken: The Ugly Girlfriend of Foods
White folks like chicken, too.
And watermelon.
And “Catlacks.” * Don’t be fooled.KFC, Popeye’s, Church’s, and Mrs. Winners (hmmm, must not be a feminist) didn’t come into business just to serve the Black man’s love of friiied chick’n! I have stood in line behind many of my caucasian brethren in thesehallo-wed establishments.We kept the jheri curl industry alive on our own, but we need some help with the chicken.
And White folks with the cacciatore and the cordon bleu and the cornish hens step up to the plate with no shame.
So, I reject the shame of that stereotype and order that fried or grilled or baked yardbird proudly every chance I get. In broad daylight.
I still have to deal with myself about the watermelon and the bro-ham**, though.
Seriously, this is what racism does to us here in America; we are stigmatized for enjoying good stuff, too.
Everything ends up being a putdown.
*Cadillac.
**Brougham, a type of Cadillac.
