IKEA has more work to do if it wants forgiveness for a misguided Juneteenth celebration ... because one of Georgia's leading Black voices ain't buying what the company's selling in the apology aisle.tells TMZ ... the Swedish-based big-box retailer's statement from earlier this week -- when they explained their Atlanta store was wrong for a Juneteenth-themed menu -- is pretty much lip-service without further action.
He says he can't say for certain their intention was to be racist with the menu -- which included fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon -- but does acknowledge it was obviously insensitive. He's chalking that up to a possible lack of diversity among decision-makers.Meanwhile, an IKEA rep tells TMZ their workers are now reporting to work as scheduled, and that they'll continue to bring people to the table to continue the dialogue.
It's not surprising that the Swedish would be naive about our racial issues. They didn't mean any harm, did they?
Love it. Because they shouldn’t have apologized to begin with. That’s good food
Ok
I don’t understand because soul food is part of our black culture which includes fried chicken and watermelon so what did they do wrong?
Yawn
Of course the NAACP doesn’t accept it...I don’t accept the NAACP as an actual organization.
You know for some reason if it was Chinese New Year and they served Asian food during this time it wouldn’t feel so offensive to me. But this seems like a neg stereotype. IDK.🤷♀️
It's sad, but not surprising, Amerikkka is poisoned, from the top on down.. UNUNITEDSTATESOFRACISTAMERIKKKA
Soft.
The NAACP is also cool with anti-Semitism so whatever
Please, IKEA didn't do this to hurt people's feelings. At the end of the day, what is 'our identified cuisine, as most Black people during slavery were raised on eating chicken, greens, peas, and cornbread? Educate them and move on, we have bigger issues to deal with! Voting
When 'allies' go wrong. Because they're useless at best.
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Aka someone gotta get paidddd
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