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Ikea Juneteenth menu with watermelon, fried chicken sparks outrage
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:48 pm
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An attempt to honor Juneteenth has backfired spectacularly for one Georgia Ikea.
An Atlanta branch of the Scandinavian furniture chain has sparked outrage with what employees are calling an intensely problematic menu curated to celebrate the holiday, which marks the emancipation of the very last enslaved Americans.
“To honor the perseverance of Black Americans and acknowledge the progress yet to be made, we observe Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021,” begins an email acquired by TMZ, which was sent to employees at the branch last week. “Look out for a special menu on Saturday which will include: fried chicken, watermelon, mac n cheese, potato salad, collard greens, candied yams.”
The selection, including items that have historically been used to demean African-Americans through stereotyping, resulted in multiple employees calling out of work in protest, according to a local news channel.
“You cannot say serving watermelon on Juneteenth is a soul food menu when you don’t even know the history. They used to feed slaves watermelon,” an anonymous employee told Atlanta’s CBS 46. “It caused a lot of people to be upset. People actually wanted to quit. People weren’t coming back to work.”
As many as 33 workers didn’t show up in response, CBS reported, causing the store’s manager to apologize via internal email.
“She said, ‘I truly apologize. The menu came off [offensive],’” the employee recalled.
But this wasn’t sufficient for forgiveness, and the worker said the controversy could have been easily avoided if only people of color had been included in the team that chose the menu. “None of the co-workers who sat down to create the menu, no one was black,” they added.
The following day, the store manager told CBS a new, revised menu was released. The updated version included collard greens, cornbread, mashed potatoes and meatloaf. And Sunday’s menu? “Fried chicken, mac ’n’ cheese, collard greens,” the employee said.
Ikea did not return The Post’s request for comment.
NY Post
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:51 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Apple Pie and turnip greens would have been less conspicuous.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:51 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
How can anyone be pissed off about a menu that includes fried chicken and watermelon,
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:52 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I would eat that menu and don’t see a problem with it. Should have fed the ungrateful fricks hotdogs…
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:52 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Any midnight roundball?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:52 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
They should serve them sandwiches with lots of mayonnaise instead.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:53 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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They used to feed slaves watermelon,” an anonymous employee told Atlanta’s CBS 46.
They bitchin about this?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:53 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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" ... fried chicken, watermelon, mac n cheese, potato salad, collard greens, candied yams.”
Never mind pretty much every one of those items is delicious. Keep the collard greens, but I'll have the rest.
And a sweet tea to wash it all down.
No corn bread?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:53 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
White people like fried chicken and watermelon
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:54 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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“Look out for a special menu on Saturday which will include: fried chicken, watermelon, mac n cheese, potato salad, collard greens, candied yams.”
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:55 pm to Aliasau
Watermelon is extremely healthy: it has citrulline which makes blood flow through the body better.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:56 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Stupid. I guess if a black person purchases watermelon themselves (which they do) it’s ok. But you damn well better not serve them watermelon. Oh hell no!
Posted on 6/22/21 at 4:57 pm to narddogg81
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White people like fried chicken and watermelon
I love everything on that menu.
I'd be pissed that they changed it.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:01 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Liberals getting outraged about how a company decided to celebrate Juneteenth?
Apparently you have to be careful how you celebrate Juneteenth.
Apparently you have to be careful how you celebrate Juneteenth.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:01 pm to auggie
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They used to feed slaves watermelon,” an anonymous employee told Atlanta’s CBS 46.
They bitchin about this?
Had a squadron commander that gave us a watermelon get- together at lunch one day and at least one black guy I knew was mad about it.
Half day off and bitching about it.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:03 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I’m always tickled when some yankee claims it is a racist stereotype to assume only black people like watermelon and fried chicken. Any southerner — of any race — that eats regularly at their neighborhood “Meat & 3” knows that a love of southern comfort food (aka as soul food) has nothing to do with race. This is a SOUTHERN thing.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:06 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I’m enjoying this story far too much.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:08 pm to Aliasau
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How can anyone be pissed off about a menu that includes fried chicken and watermelon,
I've never understood why this is a black stereotype. Who DOESN'T like fried chicken and watermelon?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 5:12 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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“Look out for a special menu on Saturday which will include: fried chicken, watermelon, mac n cheese, potato salad, collard greens, candied yams.”
Sounds delicious, what's the problem??
I find it hilarious in an ironic way that I know they love this food as much as everyone one else does who is from the south but they screw themselves out of food they love for literally no reason.
This post was edited on 6/22/21 at 5:18 pm
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