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My neighbors and I are hosting a black party for our street in a lower middle class suburban neighborhood. What are some things that we should have at this party?
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Unironically black people like watermelons (I live in a mostly black area) but if you're very very white (culturally) it might be a little questionable to roll out a cooler full of sliced watermelon upon arrival in a black neighborhood because, depending on the way you frame it, it could be considered a stereotype or an attempt at making a joke about black people food
Potato salad, mac n cheese, bratwurst, burgers, grilled chicken, I'd probably go with something like that
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Had a conversation with my mutt friend about this
The whole "watermelon and fried chicken is racist" trope is bullshit, cause again, the combo is AMAZING. Hot, salty protein paired with a cool, sweet fruit on the side? 10/10.
Are we supposed to start getting angry when someone brings sauerkraut with bratwursts too?
People have to stop being so sensitive ffs (not you specifically, just people in general)
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>>22009239
>OH N--
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Your response actually serves as a great example of the contrast I'm talking about. You're looking for a way to express disrespect without being called out on it, and so you are always on the lookout for loopholes, apparent inconsistencies, and weak rules that you can game, because your intention is not to connect but rather to be a dick and then say "oh you're being so oversensitive, ha ha, gotcha! I am very smart!"
To reiterate what I already said: watermelon COULD be considered disrespectful, depending on you. In your case, I would advise against it, because you seem like the kind of guy who just radiates disrespect everywhere he goes. So even if you had the best intentions (which you do not), it may not go over very well.
Bratwurst would be a good analogy if this was like, an allied country in the 1940s and ethnic germans were perceived as a threat or a subversive element. Possibly, it would be received as a gesture of kindness. Or, it might be seen as a subtle threat. It really depends on the person giving the food.
Just like with words, some things with food have more or less baggage associated with them, depending on the person using them, and their perceived intentions. Like a weak version of the n-word. It can be used in a friendly way, in certain contexts. Or it can be seen as hurtful, disrespectful, or even threatening. It depends on too many things for there to be a simple hard and fast rule. Which is why people often just say "white people shouldn't use the n-word". That's not really always the case, but it's simpler than trying to spell out a strict set of rules that always work for all people in all situations. Because obviously, there will be people like you who will try to game the rules, so you can start trouble and then accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of.
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>watermelon COULD be considered disrespectful
no, it can't
its a fucking fruit
fuck off
kill yourself and every other piece of shit over sensitive garbage "human" i have to share this planet with
better yet just blow the whole piece of shit up
sick and god damned tired of you useless sacks of crap excuse for a species
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Use the "filter" option and you can quickly find the right kind of help, for example in my area there are at least 4 people with the combination of skills you'd find most helpful
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I live in America, I'm from Europe and I used to date a black girl from the American South.
My mother came from the old country to visit once and during her stay, we went to a mall. She was hungry so we stopped at the food court, which had a fried chicken place. She was upset my ex wouldn't eat the fried chicken with her. We tried to explain the chicken and watermelon stereotype and how she'd eat both at home and loves them but she's just about the only black person in that mall right now, surrounded by white people, and she didn't want to look like a stereotype.
"Basically, I'm worried about looking like a nigger."
And without skipping a beat, my mum replied in her broken English
>then call me a nigger because those things are delicious and I'll eat them when I want
That kind of took my ex aback but she knew how it was meant to come across (as "who cares what people think? do you") and being who she is, my mother speaks plainly.
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>>22009239
Pinwheels.
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The fried chicken stigma comes from a hilariously racist old silent film where after the american civil war, negroes (actually white actors in blackface) are allowed to be in parliament and they all have their feet up on the table and are making a huge mess eating fried chicken and throwing the bones everywhere
Later there is a depiction of a gang rape of a white woman by a group of freedmen
Most people today don't even know the film but the lore and its resentment have been passed through the generations
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>kill yourself and every other piece of shit over sensitive garbage "human" i have to share this planet with
>better yet just blow the whole piece of shit up
>sick and god damned tired of you useless sacks of crap excuse for a species
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>>22010163
You are fundamentally right and I agree with your points (all of which book down to life ° subjective experience). However, i perceive you are reading a bit too much into the anon. I doubt this guy >>22010325 is the same anon. But, if he is, then that response speaks for itself
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Very normal and very sane responses
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Went door to door and passed out flyers tonight. Everyone was super happy to hear that there was going to be a party. We will take pics of our block party when it happens. Thank you /ck/ for all of the recommendations.
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>>22010325
alium
>>22009239
lasagna
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>>22009239
aerial fireworks, but dont use the launch tube, just set them on the ground. preferably in full daylight.
ohh and 6 pounds of pasta, 1 minced bell pepper, 2 pieces of pepperoni minced, and 4 whole black olives in a giant foil pan, drizzle a quart of oil over it and serve with the smallest spoon you have.
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>>22009239
Put out the most disgusting things like uncooked tripas or soil in steam trays and dumb shit like entire heads of lettuce fuckin jello with banana peels in it then sit back and laugh if anyone actually eats anything out of politeness.
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>>22012296
My block is pretty fucking diverse and we throw cookouts and block parties all the time. We're having one today, in fact, a belated Cinco de Mayo.
It has nothing to do with diversity.
I'm a quarter Asian, my wife is Indian, there's a Pakistani guy down the street and his half Japanese, half Colombian wife, an Indonesian guy and his Pinay wife, an Indonesian family, a Chinese family, a Japanese family, several Jews, an African girl, an African family, one greaseball eye-tie family, a black couple and a literal gypsy woman who teaches something worthless at the liberal arts college down the street. There are Jews, a Greek Orthodox guy, Catholics, Protestants, a Muslim, Shinto/Buddhists, a Hindu, Quakers and a few irreligious folks so it's diverse in faith, too.
My guess? It simply has to do with whether or not you like who you live around, is all.
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LMAO
The gypsy woman did pretty much that at the cookout last weekend lol
I never had a pasta salad with peppers in it. I just mirepoix that shit, use vegetable stock powder as seasoning and add peas and a little mayonnaise.
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>>22009239
A big bowl of sangria so everyone can get pissy drunk!
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What would sound better?
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>>22012499
When whites say "diverse" they just mean "people who aren't white". You could have a block where everyone is siblings and if they're black it's "diverse"
That's why the most "diverse" city in the US is fucking Houston and not, like, Queens or something