Pat Robertson Asks If Mac And Cheese Is ‘A Black Thing’
Christian Right Wing extremist and 700 Club founder Pat Robertson has said a lot of stupid things on television. He once stated that it is acceptable to divorce a spouse for having Alzheimer’s. Well, old Pat is at it again, this time with a racist twist.
Robertson showed a video of his host Kristi Watts asking former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice what her favorite Thanksgiving food is. Rice told Watts that it is macaroni and cheese. After viewing the video, crazy Pat Robertson and Watts, who is black, had the following exchange.
Robertson: “Is that a black thing?”
Watts: “It is a black thing Pat. …The world needs to get on board.”
They both began laughing about it.
Here’s the video:
Pat Robertson is clearly asking a racist question and Watts is just encouraging him. It’s a way for Robertson to claim that he isn’t racist because he can say that Watts agreed with him. Here’s the problem. Watts is paid to agree with Robertson. Had she actually had the guts to call out Robertson, she would no longer have a job. The fact is, mac and cheese is not strictly ‘a black thing.’ Macaroni and cheese can be traced back to Italy where it was an upper class dish. Even Thomas Jefferson enjoyed the dish. In the United States today, virtually everyone has eaten mac and cheese. Everyone except Pat Robertson of course. Apparently he won’t eat what he thinks only black people eat.
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Author: Stephen D. Foster Jr.
6:03 pm
If you must know, it’s a Canadian thing. All Canadians know this.
12:50 pm
You guys are idiots, Sometimes people say things unintentionally, he must of meant blacks are better at mac’n cheese, white people mostly make it out of a box. LOL, I give people a benefit of an doubt. Of coarse Pat ran for president but it doesn’t mean he’s all about politics, now.
1:33 pm
I LOVE when people call other people idiots and then use incorrect grammar, spelling or just use the wrong word.
Gabriella, what you meant to say was, “he must HAVE meant…” and, “I give people THE benefit of THE doubt”, and, “Of COURSE Pat…”
3:16 pm
I agree with JB on the grammar thing. It has NEVER been “must of”. If you’d learned grammar, you’d know that “of” is a preposition, not a verb. To spell what you are saying, it is “must’ve”. I disagree that it that blacks doing it better is what he meant. But, I do think he meant having it for Thanksgiving, not that mac n cheese is unique to Black culture.
6:40 pm
Sorry, sorry, I tend to articulate differently, I’m not an idiot, I’ve been trying to work myself out of the habit. I don’t like to admit it, but I do have aspergers and slight impulse control.(Gah, that does sound like a excuse.)
6:45 pm
Yeah, I got the black thanksgiving the thing, I actually didn’t think of that. Its plain obvious that they wrote this article to make Pat look racist, LOL.
11:28 am
They did, for sure. And, I can’t stand him, but I have to defend him on this one.
1:37 pm
Well, I can certainly see why YOU didn’t think that comment was racist! Of course, I’m sure this will go right over your head too.
1:41 pm
My dad makes mac and cheese from scratch, always has. We’re white. :/
11:29 am
As a holiday side dish, mac and cheese is indeed a “black thing.” Across the board, of course, it’s a main dish, often served at lunch or as part of a fairly informal supper. We all know that, including dumb old Pat Robertson.
But as part of Thanksgiving (or other festive) dinner, yeah, that’s a black thing. Check your specialty cookbooks.
1:19 pm
The problem with (racial) generalizations, however, is that while they may be true:
1. They aren’t true for every member of the group (race)
2. You don’t say that shit on television.
Additionally important for festive cuisine is region, which is historically correlative with the south for much of the black community (though much has changed these past 150 years). Mac and cheese is less of a thing for my step-mom, who grew up in Kansas City, MO, and even less of a thing for her children, who grew up in CA.
My friend Alex’s Christmas dinner include Shrimp Gumbo (he’s from LA), it was a white friend who introduced me to okra in all its glory (according to him: I’m not convinced) as he’s from the south. Regional differences account for as much variance in ‘traditional’ traditions as race or ethnicity.
3:52 pm
I completely disagree. Everyone in my family is as white as they come (save some who have a dabbling of Latino and/or Native American) and we have Macaroni and Cheese every Thanksgiving as part of the spread. Hell, both branches of the family do it, so I’m not sure where you’re getting the ‘it’s a black tradition’ from. Perhaps it is instead a Southern tradition?
6:39 pm
After living while being black for 58 years, I learn something new about black people everyday. I wish I’d known mac and cheese is a dish black people prepare for Thanksgiving and other festive dinners. We never had it on those occasions when I was growing up in my parents’ home, and I didn’t prepare any for Thanksgiving dinner this year! LOL
10:51 am
I have been eating mac-n-cheese all my life, and my skin is still phosphorescent Irish white. So much for that theory, Pat. You can eat it safely, it won’t change you!