# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/121 "2006-01-05T14:43:14Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Only if her name is “Shanneequah.” Fortunately, she’s old enough to legally change her name, so there’s still hope! > [@Wolfian](#): > > No, but from now on I’ll be “hearing” your posts in the voice of Mr. DuBois from the Boondocks. My wife was the first to point that same comparison out to me, particularly since I work for a law firm. I am depressed. > [@lissener](#): > > > [@Little Nemo](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Little Nemo > > I think once you picked the user name Asimovian street cred was pretty much a lost hope. > > Yeah, black people should only reference Delaney or Butler. Course, that would make you gay too, but I guess all black SF fans are gay. So still no street cred I guess. Hey now…let’s not forget that LeVar Burton was a major character in a sci-fi series! It’s just my way of supporting more brothers in entertainment! ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/122 "2006-01-05T15:51:39Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Yeah, black people should only reference Delaney or Butler. Course, that would make you gay too, but I guess all black SF fans are gay. So still no street cred I guess. ::drops latest David Weber novel:: But, I’m married with kids, how could no one tell me! ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/123 "2006-01-05T15:53:04Z")
and I get the occasional “wassup OG”. That’s gotta count for something right? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/124 "2006-01-05T16:32:12Z")
\*\*Stuffy \*\*is Og?! Please don’t smash us white folk! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/125 "2006-01-05T16:43:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, black people should only reference Delaney or Butler. Course, that would make you gay too, but I guess all black SF fans are gay. So still no street cred I guess. What about Steve Barnes? He writes military SF, he’s straight, and he knows karate. So you can like SF, be straight, and be black. But street cred? Now you’re asking too much. The bottom line is “once you go geek, you never go back”. Anyone who reads, writes, watchs, or even acknowledges the existence of science fiction will never have street cred. Think about it - would a real Klingon do something like pretending to be a Klingon? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/126 "2006-01-05T16:50:38Z")
I am a non melanin-challenged person and I need to chime in as a fried ice cream lover. I eat less sushi during my meal so that I can have fried green tea ice cream for dessert. I’ve also enjoyed fried ice cream at various Mexican restaurants. I don’t know the other AA folks here, but they must not be aware that I was recently elected the new (and charming) spokesmodel for people of color. Please stop speaking for our people. I am the one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/127 "2006-01-05T16:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > I get the occasional “wassup OG”. That’s gotta count for something right? It depends. If you get it from other black people, it may count for a few points. Unless they all laugh about it afterwards. Plus, you get points for living in Oakland. But if you’re getting “wassup OG” from white people, then no points. In fact, everyone involved should deduct ten points from their total. ---
**Author:** ![jakeline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jakeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeline)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/128 "2006-01-05T16:53:03Z")
[Airplane]Oh stewardess! I speak jive![/Airplane] ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/129 "2006-01-05T16:59:40Z")
> [@you with the face](#): > > In the year 2005, black people are still often viewed as alien and separate from the mainstream. Why is this? Are black people really that hard to figure out? Maybe it’s me being black and all, but I don’t see why blacks are any more enigmatic than Latinos, Asians, and other minority ethnic groups in the US. Yet it seems (and I could be wrong about this) as if blacks are the source of more curiosity. Just speculating… I wonder how much of that comes from the emphasis some black Americans place on black culture? For instance, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of one Latino accusing another of not being Latino enough. Every ethnicity has its own traits and tendencies, of course, but it seems that there is a lot more (or more vocal) cultural pride around black American culture than there is around many others. That in and of itself would tend to make people curious, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/130 "2006-01-05T17:00:42Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I don’t know the other AA folks here, but they must not be aware that I was recently elected the new (and charming) spokesmodel for people of color. That’s a relief. I never could quite understand Jesse Jackson… ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/131 "2006-01-05T17:12:49Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I am a non melanin-challenged person and I need to chime in as a fried ice cream lover. I eat less sushi during my meal so that I can have fried green tea ice cream for dessert. I’ve also enjoyed fried ice cream at various Mexican restaurants. > > I don’t know the other AA folks here, but they must not be aware that I was recently elected the new (and charming) spokesmodel for people of color. Please stop speaking for our people. I am the one. Wait, what? Black people eat _sushi_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/132 "2006-01-05T17:16:00Z")
Negros smoke Kools and drink Sprite Caucasians drink Coca Cola and smoke Marlboro’s Male Negros all have enormous penises Male Caucasians most often have “regular” sized penises, but sizes are more variable. Male Negros do appreciate comfortable footwear, snug vagina’s, and warm places to rest, but oddly enough so do Male Caucasians. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/133 "2006-01-05T17:18:04Z")
You people, I’m _sick_. With a cold and sore throat. I’m not supposed to be laughing out loud. Especially after this comment of Askia’s: > [@](#): > > 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… That drove me first into a laughing fit then into a coughing fit. Thanks. FTR I am neither black nor white and find fried ice cream to be actually pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/134 "2006-01-05T17:28:23Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > FTR I am neither black nor white and find fried ice cream to be actually pretty good. That statement right there ought to close the thread. We’ve heard from blacks, whites, and now the infamous “other” category that all enjoy fried ice cream. Conclusive evidence, in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/135 "2006-01-05T17:31:01Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > You people… Also, I’d be _really_ careful about starting any comment in this thread with that phrase. We can tend to be sensitive about being addressed that way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/136 "2006-01-05T17:32:03Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Oh, and I also married a white woman. Doesn’t that earn me some…what is it called again?..“street creds” or some such? It depends…does she have “blow hair”? My father-in-law (by marriage - trust me! I come from all-white confederate stock!) was most proud of his wife’s blow hair. ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/137 "2006-01-05T17:39:47Z")
I have read through this, and I still do not have an answer to something. I am a white teacher in a school that is about 95% African American. I Recently had this conversation with one of my students: “Ms. F.” she said, “don’t take any offense, but I have a question.” I said, “Ok.” She said,“You know I work at McDonalds right?” I said," Yes" She said, “How come white mothers order milk and a hamburger for their kids?” All the other students around said "Eww. " and acted all grossed out. Having done that very thing before, I still don’t understand the question. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/138 "2006-01-05T17:47:53Z")
I always pictured **Askia** as being Asian for some reason… ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/139 "2006-01-05T17:50:06Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I don’t know. Do white people like pancakes? Speaking for White Folks: Yes. Yes we do. But we prefer Wonder Bread. ---
**Author:** ![jakeline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jakeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeline)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/140 "2006-01-05T17:51:16Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > For instance, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of one Latino accusing another of not being Latino enough. I just had to jump in here. I know that this at least used to happen quite a bit. My dad speaks spanish with a bit of an american accent, and when he was younger, he would get shit from the recent immigrants. However, this was in the Imperial Valley in California and quite a few years ago, so YMMV. I certainly don’t get people telling me that, but that’s because I’m REALLY white and don’t look the least bit like my dad’s side of the family. > [@furlibusea](#): > > She said, “How come white mothers order milk and a hamburger for their kids?” Just a WAG, but lactose intolerance. [Quite a lot](http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance/) of non-white folks are lactose intolerant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=8)