FYI, Soul Food Is Racist Now

In case you haven’t heard by now, it’s black history month. You know what that means? An influx of feigned moral outrage!

Students at Wright State University are losing their minds after the university student union listed “derogatory” Black History Month menu items. The university’s president, David Hopkins, actually had to apologize to the community for the menu consisting of mashed potatoes, chicken, collard greens and cornbread. Because chicken in February is clearly racist.  

“I apologize to anyone hurt by the display,” Hopkins wrote about the Wednesday night student union menu. “To our credit, the menu was quickly removed. But the larger question remains: Why was it done? I will find out. We will take steps to prevent this kind of behavior occurring in the future.”

This kind of behavior? Featuring soul food during BLACK HISTORY MONTH is bad behavior? This just goes to show how completely out of control this political correctness business is getting. And honestly, I would have never thought this would be a something that would offend someone. At all.

But some people grumbled on about how completely emotionally damaging the display menu was.

I was really hurt (by the menu). Extremely hurt,” said Billy Barabino, a senior organizational leadership major from New Jersey and president of the Black Student Union.” For me, it was a knock in the face for African (and) African- American individuals who have fought for us to be progressive. I was extremely offended by it because it minimizes who we are as people.”

How does food minimize a group of people? NEWSFLASH– Basically everyone loves a nice chicken dinner SO GET OVER IT. It’s food. If that offends you, you clearly have other issues that need to be addressed.

What’s next? Asians getting angry over rice? Banning Mexican food for fear of offending the illegals?