# Do black people like fried ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 4, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415 "2006-01-04T17:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/41 "2006-01-04T18:51:02Z")
> [@Leviosaurus](#): > > I witnessed more than one initial interaction between groups - two kids would sit next to each other at a party, eye each other uncomfortably, awkwardly strike up a conversation. By the end of the week they would be best friends. What I can tell you without a doubt is that the initial breaking of barriers starts with exactly the kind of stupid ass questions that are alluded to in the OP. That’s why I like to see these kinds of questions - dumb as they are, they’re indicative of ignorance finally dissolving. That’s a fair point. I hadn’t considered that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/42 "2006-01-04T18:51:32Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I don’t know. Do white people like pancakes? I’m white, and I love pancakes. But I’d like to try fried ice cream sometime. I know a friend who has some good stuff-- he gets it from a Negro. I’m so glad we have a few Black people on this board, so we can find out what those people do. It’s so interesting to explore other cultures! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/43 "2006-01-04T18:52:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > One last thing-- I swear! > > Let me just state that **Askia** and I are qualified to speak for all black people in the world because of the melanin content of our skin. Since I’ve never seen him, I’m going to assume that he is darker than me as many, many black people are (except **auntie em** , she’s far to yella to talk on black themes\*\*) and therefore is more qualified than I. And I’m more qualified than all of ya’ll. Yeah, I said it! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/44 "2006-01-04T18:53:31Z")
On the polka music question - it is possible to get almost all the way across Pennsylvania by car on Sunday mornings listening to nothing but polka songs on the radio (the “Pennsylvania Polka Party” is my favorite program). _I don’t want her You can have her She’s too fat for me._ I am not sure how much of the audience is Jewish, but I would bet it is substantial, seeing as someone in a Volvo passed me near Harrisburg. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/45 "2006-01-04T18:54:07Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > Apparently I’m far too yella for my in-laws to realize, until last week, that I’m Black at all. To be fair, they just weren’t sure if you were _entirely_ black. I mean, after all, every now and then you have some white in you. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/46 "2006-01-04T18:54:49Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > You ruined the joke because you didn’t get it. I got the joke fine. I took it in a different direction. Sure, I could have written, “or playing hockey,” but I wanted to go another way. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/47 "2006-01-04T18:58:37Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > To be fair, they just weren’t sure if you were _entirely_ black. I mean, after all, every now and then you have some white in you. Ohhhhhh… that’s bad… but in a good way. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/48 "2006-01-04T19:10:55Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > To be fair, they just weren’t sure if you were _entirely_ black. I mean, after all, every now and then you have some white in you. Actually, it’s more pink than anything. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/49 "2006-01-04T19:11:19Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > To be fair, they just weren’t sure if you were _entirely_ black. I mean, after all, every now and then you have some white in you. Really? I thought she was your platonic beard. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/50 "2006-01-04T19:13:19Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > Actually, it’s more pink than anything. And only for a couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/51 "2006-01-04T19:27:36Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > How can it be meaningless if indeed different cultures often share personal tastes? Are you saying they do not? I gotta side with you here, **Revtim**. I can be a sensitive liberal at times, but I found nothing offensive about the question asked in the linked thread. I mean, sure, you laugh about stereotypes like grape soda (or, as Chapelle clarified, “Grape Drink,”) but, dare I say, there is a certain element of truth in that. There is an element of a shared culture among different ethnic groups and nobody is asking if _no_ African-American listens to country music in the south, just whether it’s common or not. Personally, I did not know, and was edified. Really, what’s the harm in the question? If people asked me “Do Polish people like spicy food” I would answer, “In general, no, Polish people are not used that kind of spice.” Where’s the offense to be construed in that? I swear, sometimes I wonder more and more whether the talkshow blabbermouths who accuse us liberals of being whiny, oversensitive nitwits are right. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/52 "2006-01-04T19:33:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I swear, sometimes I wonder more and more whether the talkshow blabbermouths who accuse us liberals of being whiny, oversensitive nitwits are right. Uh, kinda. I can say that 'cuz I’m one-half liberal on my father’s side. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/53 "2006-01-04T19:43:59Z")
Some of my best friends are liberal. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/54 "2006-01-04T19:47:40Z")
> [@Leviosaurus](#): > > FWIW - I’m always jealous of anyone who can spend the entire day in the sun without getting a sunburn. Take my word for it - sunblock is icky, annoying stuff, and always having to carry it around is a pain. Sure, one day in the sun sans protection is fine, but after a few we do indeed burn. I learned that the hard way at band camp. Along with a few other things… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/55 "2006-01-04T19:54:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > On the polka music question - it is possible to get almost all the way across Pennsylvania by car on Sunday mornings listening to nothing but polka songs on the radio (the “Pennsylvania Polka Party” is my favorite program). > > _I don’t want her > You can have her > She’s too fat for me._ > > I am not sure how much of the audience is Jewish, but I would bet it is substantial, seeing as someone in a Volvo passed me near Harrisburg. A Volvo doesn’t mean anything. If it was a big Cadillac, Buick, or Oldsmobile, one of those Jew Canoes, then you’d have a better idea. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/56 "2006-01-04T19:55:56Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Sure, one day in the sun sans protection is fine, but after a few we do indeed burn. I learned that the hard way at band camp. Along with a few other things… Hmm. Woodwinds or brass? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/57 "2006-01-04T19:56:11Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Uh, kinda. > > I can say that 'cuz I’m one-half liberal on my father’s side. Joking aside (and, personally, I think the right is just as humorless as the left, only the issues they are humorless about differ), what really is so offensive or stupid about the question in the linked OP. Because I certainly do not see it. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/58 "2006-01-04T19:58:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Joking aside (and, personally, I think the right is just as humorless as the left, only the issues they are humorless about differ), what really is so offensive or stupid about the question in the linked OP. Because I certainly do not see it. You may want to check out this site: [http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/](http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/59 "2006-01-04T20:03:35Z")
None of those questions were stupid per se, but I’m always a bit amazed at how how often these “do black people…?” questions come up in the SDMB. First few years are fine. Now that I’m officially approaching year seven (ignore my “2001” start date – I originally joined in 2000 under my full name and I’ve lurked here at least 1 years before that) – it’s like I want to SHAKE some of y’all and yell: GIT SOME BLACK FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE, PEOPLE! GO VISIT A BLACK BAPTIST or AME CHURCH! EAT AT A CHINESE JOINT IN THE HOOD! WE ARE NOT THAT MYSTERIOUS!! But then I think: _Shit. There I go scaring the white folks again…_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/60 "2006-01-04T20:03:41Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Sure, one day in the sun sans protection is fine, but after a few we do indeed burn. After a **few days**??!!! Damn you! After a few days without sunscreen, I would indeed burn, but I’m talking actual flames coming off of my corpse. Wihtout sunscreen the sunburn sets in within an hour. Daniel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=4)