Comments on: Stop, thief! http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/04/24/stop-thief/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: JB http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/04/24/stop-thief/#comment-16986 JB Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:12:19 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/04/24/stop-thief/#comment-16986 You're too nice! By the way, what crappy websites they have! I don't know if they realize this, but it's no longer 1996, and their web pages can be updated to something more . . . modern. And what do you think about the Free Republics choice of words here: "Fried Okra, Collards, and Hoppin’ John (NAACPs with rice)" I understand NAACP, I know what rice and beans are, I don't understand this metaphor. What am I missing? Am I a bit sensitive in thinking this is a tad racist? I grew up eating Hoppin John in the Northwest, so I don't see the NAACP or Southern connection. You’re too nice! By the way, what crappy websites they have! I don’t know if they realize this, but it’s no longer 1996, and their web pages can be updated to something more . . . modern.

And what do you think about the Free Republics choice of words here:
“Fried Okra, Collards, and Hoppin’ John (NAACPs with rice)”

I understand NAACP, I know what rice and beans are, I don’t understand this metaphor.

What am I missing? Am I a bit sensitive in thinking this is a tad racist? I grew up eating Hoppin John in the Northwest, so I don’t see the NAACP or Southern connection.

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