once upon a time, i lived in florida. i worked for a chain of newspapers in a relatively small town. i don't think i ever totally adjusted (i'm back in a city) and i'm hoping the misunderstanding outlined below isn't indicative of the type of environment i left behind.
today in fort pierce, one of the towns we covered, a woman called 911 three times when mcdonald's ran out of mcnuggets. i'd first seen the story via the associated press, who painted the incident as rather innocuous. until we find out the woman was black folk.
sigh. i must admit, i did shake my head in mild disgust as i imagined the racist fodder that such an event could feed into. what the hell kind of person treats the lack of mcnuggets as an emergency? a black person, that's who.
to be fair, the woman reportedly called the police because she wasn't offered a refund after being informed that her menu choice wasn't available. she was offered another menu choice which obviously couldn't satisfy her craving for mcdonald's dubious "chicken" product. it seems she was more pissed about not being able to get her money back.
but that's not what the headlines will say. we'll just see what happens when african americans are denied the chicken they covet so much.
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