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fanteeking
Comment: Yeah, we all luvs fried chicken, can buck dance, eat watermelon, sing Sewanee River with black face and white lips, can shuffle the buck wing dance, laugh loud and cook good chitlins.....Clarence Thomas (TOM-AZZ)
nods his head in affirmation.
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NueNue
Comment: You could have said chips and hot dogs or pizza and ice cream or burgers and fries. But you had to go with fried chicken didn’t you. You just had to ‘fried chicken’ him. That’s great guy. Really freakin great.
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nightshift
Comment: The overrding factor here is that they did not rule out a chance for Vick to come back. What's more important than to have him clean up his act? Screw the comment for now.
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FiveMore
Comment: He didn't say nothing about fried chicken while Vick was packing the stadium every Sunday.The nerve of this Racist a-hole!By the way,Is he Jewish?
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MistaO
Comment: Uh, I disagee with "screw the comment"; we have to attack and speak out on EVERY single instance of other groups attempting to run Black folk further into the ground. A lot of blacks think stuff like this is innocuous and should be poo poo'ed. But we can't afford this. We have come some distance, but there are still plenty of miles left to go and all of these slights have the impact of further diminishing our progress.
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TGen
Comment: OMG, is this a joke? I saw that interview and the race thing didn't even CROSS MY MIND when Blank was talking. Anyone with half a brain could see the context it was in. lol And there is no uproar Eurweb, only apparently from this Earl Ofari Hutchinson guy who has proven he deserves little credibility just based on some of his recent asinine articles. *Non-story alert* P.S. I wish Bobby "Turncoat" Petrino all the karma he deserves, a lying snake for sure. I digress...
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TGen
Comment: P.P.S. I do think however it would be good for Blank to apologize, to appease the race baiters, so he can move on to the much bigger problems he has right about now...
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professo285
Comment: Someone said, "That they did not rule out a chance for Vick to come back. What's more important than to have him clean up his act? Screw the comment."
I agree 100% with this comment. Here we go, folks worried about what is said about black folk. When are we going to realize that people say what they want to say here in America and
that doesn't change anything. Isn't Imus back on the air?
Rather than worry about what other races say, we should become more concerned with ourselves and how we treat each other.
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Dean32
Comment: Professo285 I agree with what you are saying. When I lived in Atlanta I attended the games, and living in Ca. I had a chance to see Michael Vick play the 49ers in S F. As long as A Blank owns the Falcons I WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE FALCON GAMES or buying products from a home depot store. I do not want an apology. My concern: I WILL BE VOTING FOR Sen. OBAMA.
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FiveMore
Comment: It really does not matter if Blank apologizes are not, because the magority of the country feels the same way he does.I don't see any Asian or Indian Americans(other ethnic"minorities") being attacked in the press/courts/radio on a daily basis.Where are those people that claimed to have a connection to African Americans(remember when the Latina producer wrote in to complain about two comments)?Well, has she said anything in support of the community lately? This is just the beginning of sorrows you guys...uhmmm, there is so much more blatant mess to come.Watch and See!Doesn't this story look familiar?FIRST, We read and complain, boycott, and march.Second, the perpretrator issues an apology(phony) and meets with a "leader".Lastly, Somebody else does the same thing the next week(attacks a black person), and the cycle repeats itself.The wonderful life of Blacks in America.hmmmmmm
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grayeyesliu
Comment: The sad thing is, everyone who have even been around Mike Vick knows he is a hamburger and french fry addict. Chicken Huh?
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candygyrl
Comment: Please people, I think we are too uptight here. Do they get a choice of what they eat in prison? Do we know? I believe his point was that he hopes he doesn't start eating the wrong things so that he CAN come back. At any rate, how would that have affected you if the football player was white? Wold you then believe it was a reference to eat nutritionally?
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candygyrl
Comment: And by the way, we DO like fried chicken, so what IS the problem? We like tasteful food, in general. We all know yt likes food with no seasonings or gravy for that matter!
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MDhornet
Comment: I see nothings changed on EUR in a week. Folk still bitching about unimportant sh!t. Just so I'm clear, what's the attack again? Black folks like chicken? Seriously? This is why y'all are so upset? Cuz somebody said we like fried chicken? Umm, I hate to break this to y'all. For some of you it might be like the time you found out Santa Claus wasn't real, but BLACK PEOPLE LIKE FRIED CHICKEN. NO, BLACK PEOPLE LOVE FRIED CHICKEN. Take a moment and let that digest and then move on to some sh1t that actually matters.
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khufu
Comment: okay I dont see anything wrong with the chicken comment...maybe Vick loves chicken.....
my issue is: why are they hiring a Black coach now with their record so damn bad?
the yt coach is leaving now that they cant win---what kind of chicken sheet is that?
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MDhornet
Comment: And for all y'all who want to reference history as a reason for being upset about this, take a pause. The issue with the caricatures and depictions of black people as lazy, watermelon, fried-chicken eating bums was not with the food. At issue was the fact that they wanted to convince people that that's all we were. Black people need to learn to pick their battles because we make ourselves look like fools when we're ready to go to war over molehills we make into mountains. There are serious issues plaguing black communities the world over. The world knowing we like fried chicken is not one of them. I think that secret's already out.
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khufu
Comment: see the problem is those other races might be saying that we should be made to disappear...so we should be very mindful of what other folks say...
esepcially when those races hld our collective lives in their hands....
Name: professo285
Comment: Rather than worry about what other races say, we should become more concerned with ourselves and how we treat each other.
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letmein
Comment: You have got to be freakin' kiddin' me!! I don't see the problem at all. So, is it to say that we can't mention chicken if we are referring or talking to someone black? Can I not ask my coworker if she wants chicken for lunch?
Can I not tell my hubby that chicken sounds good for dinner. OMG!!!! Classic case of folks not having anything better to do than scrutinize every little word a person says. Ph.u.ck that Blank, don't apologize to anyone!!!
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bigchassie
Comment: they should have gotten the black coach in the first place if you ask me. getting Petrino in the first place was a waste of time because he didn't do anything for the team at all. all i can say is i hope the Falcons have a better next year.
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McNasty
Comment: There's a problem with everything he said! First regardless of whether its federal or state you don't get a lot of fried chicken or french fries in prison. While they have things in the commissary black white or other you can't get fried chicken. Secondly, not every black person eats chicken and french fries or chicken or french fries. Black folk eat so many different things that it is nothing but a racial slur to say otherwise. What is really disconcerting is that every fast food franchise that sells chicken has a commercial featuring white folks but still they act as if they don't eat chicken. We know they eat french fries cause that's what their bone thin emaciated wives and daughters are throwing up!!
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bigchassie
Comment: and then again, the Falcons need new talent.
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BlkATLTop
Comment: I'm helping plan my family's next reunion in 2008. I know my head would be on a chopping block if I walked in there with some baked chicken. Yes, we love fried chicken. So do white folks too.
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oshun
Comment: oh, come on!
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Angel
Comment: Y'all need to get a grip. Everybody in the south loves them some fried chicken...even Arthur Blank. *snacking on a 2 piece from Popeyes*
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Angel
Comment: McNasty - Please point out where he stated that white folks don't like fried chicken and fries...and the fact that you are a connoisseur of prison cuisine is disturbing. LOL
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aubreyl
Comment: Another innocuous debate. Black Americans and other Black peoples, do like fried chicken.My brother was doing some catering at a black event and tried to introduce healthy food choices. Many people complained that there was not any fried chicken or ribs.So, why attack something that has truth to it? Instead we should be asking people to make better food choices, then there would,nt be so much diabetes, obesity and cancer among A.A,s.
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Rahwaykid1
Comment: Oh please! Y'all give me break. We talkin' about fried chicken. (references Alan Iversons comment about practice). geez.
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bigfriend
Comment: So what? Black people DO like fried chicken! And so do white people! And maybe they serve lots of it in jail. And if M.V. Does eat lots of fried chicken or anything else fatty and unhealthy he will be out of shape. Why are people always picking apart everything?? Soon people won't be able to say anything because it might OFFEND somebody.
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Winn30344
Comment: I see exactly where you're coming from McNasty!! Some of these responses are so predictable!!
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McNasty
Comment: Angel there is nothing in my post that suggests he said that - read it again. Oh and please don't act like you don't have relatives serving time. Disturbed? Yes indeed you are girl.
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McNasty
Comment: What I'd really like to know though Angel is your thoughts on the article.
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McNasty
Comment: Winn every time I come here I am reminded how far we have to go. Every black person does not eat fried chicken. Maybe for those whose posts reflect otherwise actually know enough people that don't to qualify their statements. Jump out that box and step out of your neighborhood. Too damn many black vegans and vegetarians for anyone to say 'all black folks' anywhere eat fried chicken.
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Renegade
Comment: McNasty you are right. There are wayyy too many black vegans and others who do not eat chicken. Why do you think that soo many of us endorse B.S. stereotypes about us? I just do not get it!
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ...Yo, likes some fried chicken but it has to be well seasoned...well seasoned...Don't give me none of that flour and salt sh1t...I WANT PEPPER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CAYENNE PEPPER and I like watermelon too...I think Blank is just ticked 'cause Vick lied and sh1t...plus he got played by Petrino and Jerry Jones...I concur with khufu...Why bring the Black coach on now?...Like he can fix that sh1t...The Falcons are a fuccing mess...Hell maybe Blank plans to open up a fried chicken joint...Yo, he made Vick the highest paid player in the NFL...C'mon we all know that he took a shot...and I think he should aplogize...Excuse me, Imma go get a class of watermelon juice...I think I put too much hot-sauce on the fried chicken...
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Kulchaman
Comment: i think he was just thinking of food that would add to gaining weigh, don't think his intentions was to relate fried chicken & black together...because it's not true that Black only love Fried chicken, etc..Whites or any ethnic group all eat chicken
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Angel
Comment: McNasty - Relax..it really is not that serious. And so now all black folks have relatives serving time?! NOW who's stereotyping? Would it have been better if he said "Maybe if MV stays off the blunts and fries....?" My only point was everybody in the South eats fried chicken (black, white, asian, mexican, etc.)....well, practically anything fried, so to say he said fried chicken because MV is black is not that clear and not worth a march. Maybe you need to concentrate more on getting your relatives out of prison.....or at least getting them some fried chicken. LOL
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BlkATLTop
Comment: Angel, damn!
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sonnyd
Comment: DAMN!!! Has ANYONE stopped to think about the fact that this man (Blank) has had Vick at his house, in his kitchen or at his table, or numerous occasions? This man was pushing around his freaking wheelchair when he was out the other season? This man KNOWS Vick. He KNOWS what he likes. Has ANY DAMN BODY stopped to consider that he said this out of knowing what the heck this man likes to eat???? Maybe, just maybe, it wasn't about a stereotype? I just don't get why we have to do this all the time. It gets very old. Yes, some people are just clueless as to what is going on around them. But some people just focus on the wrong damn thing all the time, too. Get a grip.
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McNasty
Comment: Angel until you grow up some its my preference that you not post to me. You can't read and have no comprehension and certainly nothing to add to this conversation. Again, there is not one damn thing in my post that said all black folk have a relative in prison. Your ignorance knows no bounds.
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sonnyd
Comment: And no, I'm not on some "he shole been good to him" foolishness. I'm just coming at it from the angle that he has spent significant amounts of time with Vick. I would think he knows what he likes/dislikes, therefore, this statement was simply about what he likes.
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Angel
Comment: McNasty - No need for me to grow up. I was just making a point. You're right. No where did you say all black folks have relatives in prison and, of course, you meant that everybody (black, white, asian and mexican) has some relatives in prison....just like no where did Blank say all black folks like fried chicken. I intentionally made that assumption to show how folks were jumping to the conclusion about what he meant. You and others assumed Blank was being stereotypical because he mentioned a black man and fried chicken in the same sentence.
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TGen
Comment: Wow, I just came back to read these comments and I'm extremely disappointed. I thought intelligent Black folks were better than this. This is a NON-story, period. I can't believe some of us are so sensitive. Hate to say it, but discussions like this help me see where a lot of "conservative" White folk come from when they ridicule others about taking political correctness to a ridiculous level. This is...ridiculous. Get a grip folks.
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Renegade
Comment: TGEN you cannot be serious about that conservative white folk undersanding statement. *scratches scalp*
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YLawdY
Comment: Wow. So black people and fried chicken can't be mentioned in the same sentence or it's racist? What about cornbread and potatoe salad? I truly didn't get the sense that Blank was in any way referring to race with his comments. If anything, it was more a regional comment than a racial comment.
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YLawdY
Comment: What's sad is that creating a media event out of something like this makes it easier for pank people to ignore our protests when they are valid.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Deangelo Hall, watch your tone when you talking about the Arkansas Razorbacks. Talking about we not contenders in the SEC. For your info, we beat LSU when they were #1. Last yr we won the SEC West and played in the SEC championship game. That's ok b/c D-Mac will be the #1 draft and will run through your Falcons next season.
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McNasty
Comment: Any reference to certain kinds of foods in relation to black folks and especially now will get someone's dander up. I don't give a flying fukk how well blank knows vick tbere are way too many kinds of foods he could have used in his statement. This is how white folks get close enough to think if they use nig.ger it's okay.
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McNasty
Comment: Renegade with regard to your question about stereotypes, read some of these posts and you'll know why stereotypes are perpetuated.
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BlkATLTop
Comment: Given the high number of YTs, Blks, & other people of color I've seen in restaurants in ATL grazing on fried foods, including fried chicken, I agree w/ someone else -- this is a non-story. I don't know the origin of the fried chicken = black stereotype, but I think this is probably more self-imposed, than imposed by others races. Even if I'm incorrect about this, it is certainly a stereotype that WE tend to perpetuate amongst ourselves as being the only people on the planet eating fried chicken. So far, no coverage of this story in the local newspaper, even by black sports journalists.
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Renegade
Comment: McNasty, I see your point.
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shag11
Comment: It's been different if the owner had added Hog Maws and greens to his comment. He doesn't need to apologize. Racism exists, but we can be overly sensitive. Imus was way over the top. Ironically, in Imus' case, he may have felt he had license to say what he said. Reason being, he hungout with black entertainers in L.A. for years.
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khufu
Comment: Personally I luvs me some chicken
fried, baked, boiled or brolied dont matter
lons as its good finger lickin'
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larmon123
Comment: You know the black people that said that they didn't think it was a racist remark by the owner of the Falcons has got to be kidding. Anytime a white person has said things that are ignorant like that remark are racist. Anytime they have to mention fried chicken when talking about a black person let alone it being a black man tells you right there that he is racist. Racism is still at a all time high, but white people who say stupid stuff like that need to be told that he is racist and that the comment he made was a racist remark and that he meant it. Because if he didn't those words would have never came out of his mouth. I don't care if he was trying to be funny or not, that should have never came out of his mouth. Yes, people of all races like fried chicken, but that is not the only thing that black people eat. We eat a variety of things. I know black people who don't like chicken at all so what does that tell you. I don't know whether I agree that he should apologize to Michael Vick, when we all know what that the owner meant what he said. Yes he should be called on for what he said but face it even if he apologize, we all know that it won't be a real apology. No one should get away with racist remarks, I don't care what race you are. We have to live on this earth together and we might as well try to get along or find an island that doesn't have any other human beings on it and be happy because we are all here to stay until God takes us away. As far as a black coach being hired, so what! he deserves to be a head coach just like any other person and his color should not matter. The man himself as a person should be good enough.
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TJPhilly
Comment: Larmon- let me get this straight. So you're telling us that fried chicken = black people and black people automatically means fried chicken? Even if my white co-worker, who knows I love fried chicken, sees me eating fried chicken every other day, should never, ever mention my name and fried chicken in the same sentence? Second question, in the context in which the coach was talking what would be the point of making a racist comment towards Vick when he actually seems open to the idea of bringing him back?
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TJPhilly
Comment: I agree with one of the other comments above - this fried chicken thing is something of our own self-consciousness and not that of other races. Larmon, I bet you put on dark shades and a trench coat when you go out to buy fried chicken. Don't want whitey to see you, huh?
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