Maybe it wasn’t that racist
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Yesterday, Questlove of The Roots tweeted that picture of NBC’s menu for Black History Month. Controversy erupted as people thought NBC was promoting stereotypes. Turns out that’s what black people like to eat. At least that’s what African-American chef Leslie Calhoun who created the menu liked to eat.
“All I wanted to do was make a meal that everyone would enjoy — and that I eat myself,” NBC cook Leslie Calhoun told The Post last night.
“Questlove, who I serve every day and who enjoys my food, requested the neck bone [cooked in] the black-eyed peas and fried chicken, then got off the line, saying, ‘This is racist,’ ” she said.
“The next thing you know, people were taking pictures of the sign and asking all the other black people in the cafeteria if this was racist. They said that it wasn’t.”
“Whew, crisis averted,” an NBC exec said as she went back to the top floor and wiped the shoe polish off her face.
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