School Vendor: Sorry for Serving Chicken, Waffles, Watermelon for Black History Month

A food service company that supplies a New York middle school apologized for its “unintentional insensitivity” after it offered students chicken and waffles—with watermelon as a dessert—on the first day of Black History Month. The company, Aramark, told NBC News in a Sunday statement that the “inexcusable mistake” never should have occurred at Nyack Middle School.

In an earlier statement, according to, Aramark had explained, “While our menu was not intended as a cultural meal, we acknowledge that the timing was inappropriate, and our team should have been more thoughtful in its service.” Nyack’s principal said in a letter to the community that the Feb. 1 menu had been changed without the school’s knowledge, and that the children should have been served Philly cheesesteak, broccoli, and fresh fruit.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

How is food racist and what is wrong with this menu? It sounds great.

😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆

Chicken and waffles WTH is that?

Damn finally something that sound good

Everything, everywhere is racist. All the time.

The students all complained, right? Or did woke adults complain?

This will mean a lot to people on the other side of the pond, but in addition to any other issues, I’m offended at the idea of being served watermelon “as a dessert”. What happened to apple pie, cheesecake and ice cream?

It’s happened before. Learn from other people’s mistakes. How did they not know?

Absolutely zero chance this was an accident.

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