• criitz@reddthat.comEnglish
      47·
      2 months ago

      Reminds me of that scene from the office

      Michael Scott: … colored greens …

      Stanley: It’s collard greens.

      Michael Scott: What?

      Stanley: It’s collard greens.

      Michael Scott: That doesn’t really make any sense. You don’t call them collard people. That’s offensive.

      • MorrisonMotel6@lemm.eeEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Jesus fucking christ, that was such a good joke. His ignorant / accidental(?) racism as a caricature was so funny to me because I know so many people like that

      • CethinEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        As a white man, I love collard greens and corn bread. I can understand how it became associated with (poor) black communities, but damn is it good. It shouldn’t be an insult like some people make it.

        • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          I live in the South. Nobody here ever heard of “Soul Food”.

          Everybody eats that because it’s awesome.

          Go to a meat and three after Church on Sunday. You will see it full of happy old White People eating exactly what you described.

          • Charapaso@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            Exactly: my first time outside the South eating at a Soul Food place was funny, because to me it was just Food.

        • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’ve got a whole song arranged for Appalachian/mountain dulcimer about how great collard greens are. Iirc it’s by the prolific author “traditional”.

          Edit: oops, it’s about turnip greens. Totally different.

    • shastaxc@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Yes, collard greens. Loomer is just using racist “ebonics” in her post.