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Excerpt from redstate.com
One of the dumbest ways racism and “dog whistles” accusations are made is in regard to food. The activist set on the left is so reactionary in their desire to charge racism that any perceived slight regarding food and race can be elevated to a hate crime. It does not even have to be racist – it just has to feel like intolerance for the accusation to be made.
Currently, a corrections officer might be facing a reprimand because of his comment about a photograph of other officers. A high percentage of those pictured are notably corpulent, and he made a comment about them laying off the biscuits and gravy. A high percentage of those in the picture were also black. So now this officer is facing blowback because it is said the biscuits and gravy crack was racist.
There are convenient and contradictory double standards put into place. If you make comments about a culture regarding food, you are guilty of prejudicial thought and racism. At the same time, that culture can lay claim to the very food that you are accused of stereotyping them for eating. If you say, “Mexicans eat tacos,” you could be racist, all while that dish can be described as Mexican food. Then, if you make tacos and are not of Mexican extraction, you might be accused of appropriating Mexican culture. But then this would also preclude you from frequenting a Mexican restaurant, even if the proprietor is Mexican and trying to earn a living. Then, if you obey this lecture and avoid eating at the establishment, you can be labeled as racially intolerant for avoiding Mexican culture.
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