# Racial food stereotypes **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 2, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661 "2011-11-02T18:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/101 "2011-11-22T20:25:27Z")
> [@me](#): > > Are you doing a demographic study for marketing of food products or services? If not, there’s hardly ever a good reason to remark on it. So this didn’t cover your example? > [@devilsknew](#): > > I found Indians were the worst of all in being insular and prejudiced foodists So having a preference now is tagged to the terms “worst,” “insular,” and “prejudiced”? I like all kinds of food, but if I’m going to a banquet hall for an Indian wedding reception, I’m going to be very disappointed if they’re serving wedge salad, lobster bisque, and chicken cordon bleu instead of Indian cuisine. I don’t consider that insular or prejudiced. And when black people rented it, you had to make sure there was plenty of watermelon and fried chicken? > [@](#): > > And yes, they liked their curry and the whole banquet hall would smell like it days after. And you feel the need to remark on this whenever you find yourself in the company of Indian people? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/102 "2011-11-22T21:23:44Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > And when black people rented it, you had to make sure there was plenty of watermelon and fried chicken? They’ll riot if you don’t! (I’m sure the white clientele tend to have more international, cosmopolitan, transcultural tastes than other groups. No “white people” foods for them!) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/103 "2011-11-22T23:05:42Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > So this didn’t cover your example? > > So having a preference now is tagged to the terms “worst,” “insular,” and “prejudiced”? Indians are most likely to eat Indian food, and are pretty conservative eaters… just something I noticed. > [@Acsenray](#): > > I like all kinds of food, but if I’m going to a banquet hall for an Indian wedding reception, I’m going to be very disappointed if they’re serving wedge salad, lobster bisque, and chicken cordon bleu instead of Indian cuisine. I don’t consider that insular or prejudiced. Sure it is. Why do you automatically expect to be served Indian food, or why is the host expected to serve Indian? Is it because of the color of their skin? That’s a pretty prejudiced stand to take next to the Indians, insular, conservative, and prejudiced, seperatist, food culture. > [@Acsenray](#): > > And when black people rented it, you had to make sure there was plenty of watermelon and fried chicken? Nope, but chicken dishes and BBQ were popular.Melon salad and wotnot were equally popular cultureswide. > [@Acsenray](#): > > And you feel the need to remark on this whenever you find yourself in the company of Indian people? Nope never done this. Simply stating a couple of facts, Indians like Indian food, and the banquet room smelled strange for a coupke of days after, so much so that people remarked on it. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/104 "2011-11-23T00:29:35Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > Nope never done this. Simply stating a couple of facts, Indians like Indian food, and the banquet room smelled strange for a coupke of days after, so much so that people remarked on it. Which leads to the question, which smells strangest? A gas station, Subway sub shoppe or an Indian restaurant? My money’s on the Subway, that’s one obnoxious smell. Maybe that’s why they are named Subway, because they smell like a NY Subway. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/105 "2011-11-28T04:51:20Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Is watermelon supposed to be some sort of luxury food or hard to get in the US? Because here it can grow like a weed (well, it is native to here) > [@Acsenray](#): > > No No, not now. But at times before railroad refrigerator cars, Trucks, and North South Free trade, I would imagine they were a much more rare and cultivated commodity in Yankee states. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661/106 "2011-11-28T07:41:49Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > You know who likes fried chicken and watermelon? > > Everybody. I’m getting hungry just thinking about them. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-food-stereotypes/601661.md?page=5)