The Breakfast Club - Virgina Restaurant Receives Backlash For Having a 9/11 Themed Menu
Episode Date: September 9, 2022Virgina Restaurant Receives Backlash For Having a 9/11 Themed MenuSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
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The Breakfast Club
Yes, Donkey of the Day for Friday, September 9th
Goes to the Clubhouse at Aquia Harbor
That place is a country club in Stafford, Virginia
Do you know how every year
Whether it's Black History Month or Juneteenth
Some restaurant we know gets in trouble
For having a blackity black menu?
Like one year it was NYU and Aramark.
They had a special theme menu which consisted of barbecue ribs and cornbread and collard greens
and two beverages that the students said had racist connotations.
And the two beverages was Kool-Aid and watermelon flavored water.
I ain't gonna lie, my mouth just started watering.
I'm letting you know right now, the only way that meal would insult me
was if the ribs was pork and not beef,
and if the collard greens was cooked with pork and not turkey.
And here's another fun fact.
Yee, I'm sure you can speak to this because you own a juice bar.
Watermelon juice is extremely healthy for you, right?
Absolutely. I love it.
Yes, it controls your blood pressure, keeps your skin hydrated.
It's good for heart health, eye health, all types of health benefits.
But I guess when it's Black History Month for Juneteenth, we got to stay clear of watermelon.
So says Twitter.
And remember that school in Massachusetts?
I think it was a Zaverian Brothers High School.
They got backlash because they served fried chicken during Black History Month.
Never mind the fact that an employee at the school who was black chose fried chicken to be the dish and never mind the fact that fried chicken created numerous money-making opportunities uh even during slavery because enslaved black people
highly valued chickens because many slaveholders allowed them to raise their own chicken and then
after emancipation uh african americans were able to make and sell fried chicken on their own terms
and a lot of black people capitalized on the new opportunity available to them same with watermelon
watermelon used to symbolize black self-sufficiency,
but y'all let sovereign whites who were jealous of black folks' newfound freedom
turn those things into racist tropes through cinema like Birth of a Nation
and other propaganda, okay?
But that's not what we're here to discuss.
That's a story for another day.
I'm just here to tell you that my brothers and sisters,
some people in this country are equal opportunity offenders
okay because the clubhouse at aquia harbor just released their 9-11 menu oh just in time to
commemorate the 21st anniversary of 9-11 the clubhouse at aquia harbor has released their
menu it's titled patriot day 2022 seafood sunday you can call ahead to reserve okay they have such delightful dishes as
pentagon pie freedom flounder first responder flatbread 9-11 oysters flight 93 redirect with
crab dip okay 2977 chowder do you know that the number 2977 marks the official tally of fatalities on 9-11-2001?
And if you really want to celebrate mass murder, then you can get a Remember Tini,
which is key lime, rum, cream pie, coconut rum, pineapple juice,
a splash of cream served in a fancy glass with whipped cream and a honey graham rim.
And if all of that sounds great to you, then you can just buy a Never Forget Sampler
with a
little bit of everything okay the never forget sampler has enough eats and drinks for two people
i'm not making any of this up this is all actual and factual listen man capitalism gonna do what
capitalism gonna do this is america everything including the death of 2977 people is for sale
listen the clubhouse.
Do you know how many people who are still in this country that are traumatized by 9-11?
Do you know how many people in this country probably don't even have an appetite thinking about the loved ones they lost on 9-11?
Very important to remember, though, that the essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital.
And a lot of those commodities are often the bodies of humans.
Doesn't matter if the bodies are alive, whether it's the enslaved or incarcerated.
Doesn't matter if the bodies are dead, like the 2,977 on 9-11.
We got clam chowder to sell.
You can understand that, right?
No, we can't.
Of course we can't.
Okay, they got a lot of backlash on social media.
All right, we're not the only community who don't like to be played with.
So George White, the manager of the clubhouse, apologized.
He said, I apologize for those I offended with the 9-11 Seafood Sunday post.
My intention was to bring attention to that horrific day 21 years ago to honor those who lost so much, as well as those who gave everything that day.
He maintains we will have a new theme tomorrow.
See, here lies the problem.
George, your intention wasn't to bring attention to 9-11.
Your intention was to make money.
That's why you ended your statement with, we will have a new theme tomorrow.
Because it's right back to business.
Got to create a new promotion so we can do some new marketing so we can generate new revenue.
2,977 people murdered is not a gimmick.
It's a tragedy, a tragedy that should be honored, okay, by you.
No, the tragedy shouldn't be honored.
You should honor the public servants.
OK, we need you to give all the public servants, folks who would have been first responders, firefighters, police officers, medical professionals.
How about on Sunday you give them all free food and drinks? That's how you honor a patriot.
Yeah, that's a great idea. That's what we need the clubhouse at Aquia Harbor to do.
We need the clubhouse at Aquia Harbor to honor all the public servants,
all the people who would have been first responders, the firefighters, police officers,
medical professionals on Sunday 9-11.
Give them all free food and drinks.
That's how you honor a patriot, okay?
Please give George White the manager at the clubhouse
at Aquia Harbor to sweet sounds of the
Hamilton's.
You are the donkey
of the day.
You are the donkey
of the day.
Yee-haw.
All right.
Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir.
Yes.
All right.
When we come back, we have Brandon Marshall and Pac-Man Jones joining us.
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Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs,
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chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys,
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