Why are collard greens associated with black americans, does anybody know? I know fried chicken comes mainly from the stereotype of blacks as poor and unhealthy, and watermelon from the portrayals of simple-minded black cariacatures happy to eat watermelon instead of rise up against slavery. But I noticed the collard greens thing a couple of times now, but can't find an explanation.

Pulled an all-nighter working on programming project and took a breakfest break at our school's Dining Hall who at the time was celebrating black history month. How were they doing such a thing?

With Fried Chicken, Waffles, and Gravy.

Huzzah.

I was at a hospital cafeteria once, looking at a bunch of desserts that weren't too interesting, and then I see...sweetpotato pie. Two slices left. I say to the black woman behind the counter, "Is that sweetpotato pie?" She nods.

She says there won't be any sweetpotato pie after tonight, that's all that's left. I ask why the cafeteria would discontinue something as fantastic as sweetpotato pie. And she says, "Because Black History Month ends tomorrow."

We look at each other and shake our heads at the craziness.

I take both slices.

Fried chicken is racist.

The other day for lunch I had a turkey sandwich on sourdough bread with sharp vermont cheddar and mayo and a sliced pear. I remember looking down and thinking that it was the whitest thing I'd ever seen on a plate. Both in terms of color and stereotype....

I work in a hospital in Toronto, ON. In the cafeteria the other day, their "In honor of Black History Month" menu was, indeed, fried chicken. In a CANADIAN HOSPITAL.

This insensitive stereotype has spread far, it seems.

Yeah, we had fried chicken and collard greens at my college for Black History Month. Wasn't even -good- fried chicken and collard greens.