Tuesday, February 27, 2018


Must not offer traditional black food on black history month

Two Aramark employees have been fired by the food service after preparing a meal at NYU during Black History Month that was deemed racially "insensitive."

According to CBS News, the two employees were fired as a result of a complaint by a sophomore, who says she confronted the head cook about the "racially insensitive" meal but was "lied to" and ultimately "ignored." The meal, the student claimed in a Facebook post, consisted of barbecue ribs, collard greens, watermelon-flavored water, Kool-Aid, and mac and cheese.

"Sophomore Nia Harris, who is black, said the head cook dismissed her objections and told her black employees planned the menu," reports CBS News. "She posted about the menu and her experience on Facebook, saying she 'was lied to, placated, and ignored.'"

"This is what it's like to be a black student at New York University," Nia wrote in her Facebook post. "You go to a dining hall during February and you see 'Black History Month Meal' plastered outside the entrance. You walk inside the dining hall only to find ribs, collard greens, and mac and cheese.

"In 2018 I literally had to explain why displaying watermelon and koolaid in celebration of Black History Month was not only racially insensitive but just ignorant."

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

was she upset with what she considered traditional black foods[as if foods had races] being offered or did she have a problem with the cultural appropriation of it being offered also to white students? it's just so hard nowadays to tell just what part of a problem professional victims are upset about.

Anonymous said...

Anon 2:47 Double thumbs up!

Spurwing Plover the fighting shorebird said...

And i'll bet Blacks like to have a BBQ in the backyards on summer days everyone like backyard BBQ.s ecsept for the Global Warming/Climate Change eco-wacko idiots

Anonymous said...

Did she leave any suggestions as to what food SHOULD be served during Black History month ? Doesn't sound like it. Well on her way to becoming a professional rabble-rouser.