How do I know it’s Black History Month? Simple, friends; simple. The food vendor for Nyack Middle School in New York served their own version of Fluffy’s gift basket. From the first link, here are two intersting tidbits:
“This was a mistake and does not represent the values of our company, and we are committed to doing better in the future.”
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This is not the first time that Aramark has found itself in hot water for racially stereotyped menus. In 2018, the food vendor served NYU students a “Black History Month Menu” with ribs, collard greens, cornbread, smashed yams, mac and cheese, red Kool-Aid and watermelon-flavored water. The incident angered students, according to CNN, and eventually prompting the university to stop using Aramark as their food provider in 2019.
Similarly, back in 2011, the food-service company offered students at the University of California Irvine “MLK Holiday Special: Chicken and Waffles,” according to a Los Angeles Times article.
Looks to me like that is very much your corporate culture, folks. You people need to get into another line of business. Or out of business altoghether.
Color me unsurprised that racists are not the sharpest tools in the shed.