African American Holiday Traditions

[amIblue?]

Sorry for lane swerving, but I thought this gawker posting is relevant:

http://gawker.com/5862384/pat-robert...-food?autoplay

I would like to state for the record that my white family eats mac & cheese for Thanksgiving. Every year my whole life. I think mac & cheese transcends race.

Then again, I have found over the years that the food traditions that I grew up with have more in common with my African American friends' familial food traditions than many of my white friends' familial food traditions.

Also, Pat Robertson is dumb.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

Sorry for lane swerving, but I thought this gawker posting is relevant:

http://gawker.com/5862384/pat-robert...-food?autoplay

I would like to state for the record that my white family eats mac & cheese for Thanksgiving. Every year my whole life. I think mac & cheese transcends race.

Then again, I have found over the years that the food traditions that I grew up with have more in common with my African American friends' familial food traditions than many of my white friends' familial food traditions.

Also, Pat Robertson is dumb.

No lane swerve.

I love me some Pat Robertson (he says some dumb things but still) but LOL @ mac n cheese being "a Black thing." Since when is that a Black thing? My favorite mac n cheese since childhood is a 3-cheese layered and baked mac n cheese done by this white owned restaurant in my home city.

Mac n cheese is a year round meal. Home baked mac n cheese with extra cheese OR Kraft Deluxe. Cream cheese, sour cream, or multiple cheeses...whatever's clever.

[AGDLynn]

I was going to post this!

Amazing!

From Wikipedia....

He graduated with honors and enrolled at Washington and Lee University, where he majored in history. The claim that he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa is not substantiated by the Phi Beta Kappa membership directory.[5] He also joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Robertson has said, "Although I worked hard at my studies, my real major centered around lovely young ladies who attended the nearby girls schools."[6]

I think W&L wants the diploma back.