When it comes to charges of racism the media these days just loves to run with accusations, facts and evidence need not be applied. We saw it recently with the outrage at BYU over the claims of racist taunts from the fans at a volleyball game which was shown to have not occurred.
Now comes an online accusal that the fast food chain Chick-Fil-A might have been racist towards a customer, and since it is seen in some circles as a controversial company it is all the more reason not to investigate the charge.
This idiocy began when a fan asked the Chik-Fil-A Twitter account when they might see a return of the spicy chicken nuggets on the menu. The hateful response?
“Your community will be the first to know if spicy items are added to the permanent menu, Don!”
What had some hyper-sensitive hysterics in a twist was that the customer was apparently black and the use of the term “your community” is…supposed to be racist…somehow…I think? Well NBC News rushed ahead with this asinine report and did so without doing even the barest amount of investigating.
It turns out the company uses that very term frequently when responding to customers, regardless of their apparent ethnicity.
Here’s what Chick-fil-A spokesperson said in light of what they thought was a racist reply:
“The response was a poor choice of words but was not intended in any way to be insensitive or disrespectful. We often use the term ‘community’ in a broader sense to talk about places where we operate restaurants and serve the surrounding community.”
Many Twitter users called out the account’s decision to use the term “your community,” questioning if they were targeting the user’s identity, which appears to be Black.
“What do you mean by ‘your community’???????” one tweet read.
Another user added, “Your community? I’m gonna need explanation for that comment. ‘Our’ community wouldn’t wanna think that there was some racial undertones behind that.”
“Chic…this aint a good look. What you meant by that specifically?” one user questioned in a tweet.
However, other users, some from the Black community, made light of the situation by making copious jokes out of the awkwardness of how the response appeared.
“Chick Fil A said “We know how you people like spicy…” said one user on Twitter.
Source: AWM