No, really. This has moved beyond slack-jawed incredulity into total self-parody territory.
The food at my kids' schools hates everyone. Disgusting. RT @bdomenech: Your kid's school lunch is racist. http://t.co/dy5foFuD
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) September 10, 2012
What is racist about a child’s lunch, one might ask? Peanut butter and jelly, of course! You racists probably even use black currant jelly sometimes. On white bread.
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES ARE RAAAAACIST!!!! http://t.co/AfPeVD3a
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) September 10, 2012
Portland Schools beat the drum 4 equity http://t.co/tpmLncB4 Critical Thinking: Peanut butter sandwich is racist because of White Privilege
— Nancy Pelosi is SATAN ?⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@drdrjojo) September 10, 2012
https://twitter.com/RickMoore/status/244988542567211009
That’s right. The Handbook of Racial Code words does not just include nefarious terms like “kitchen cabinet” and “chair.” Now it exposes the “subtle racism” of … peanut butter.
The Portland Tribune, in an article titled “Schools beat the drum for equity,” reports (hard to keep a straight face typing that) on the “subtle language of racism” discovered by principal Verenice Gutierrez every day. Every. Day!
Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.
“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”
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Insert flabbergasted face. How about this? Another way would be to say, “Shut up and let my kid eat her sammich.”
@bdomenech I just wish ppl would quit analyzing everything. They need to shut up and be glad they have a 'sammich' to eat!
— Tammy Scott (@sokmnkee) September 10, 2012
A racist sammich, you mean! The sane are quick to rightly mock this latest asinine claim.
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/245218256049299456
@jswifty250 @ThePortlandTrib With Wonder bread yes, pumpernickle's OK.
— Dan Floyd (@westpatravel) September 10, 2012
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/245217410951548928
Guess what? When everything is racist, then nothing actually is. Good job, idjits!
Enough with the Boy Who Cried Dog Whistle. And make us a sammich.
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