3.14: The Untold Story of Fried Chicken

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We’re all familiar with the stereotype that Black people love fried chicken. It has been used to degrade, dehumanize, and uphold racism. But where does this stereotype come from? And why was fried chicken singled out?

In this episode, we explore the answers to both of these questions and show the role that fried chicken has played in perpetuating white supremacy. Plus, my dad makes an appearance at the end of the podcast to share his perspective too.

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Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

“Where Did That Fried Chicken Stereotype Come From?” Code Switch Podcast

“‘Writing History With Lightning:’ The Birth of a Nation at 100,” by Rachel Janie, TIME

“‘The Birth of a Nation’; The 1915 Film Screened at the White House Depicting Blacks as Savages,” by Michael Eli Dokosi, Face 2 Face Africa

“Prejudgements of Those Who Eat ‘Healthy’ vs ‘Unhealthy’ Food for Breakfast,” by Michael E. Oakes and Carole S. Slotterback

“Jubilee,” a cookbook by Toni Tipton-Martin

“‘The Fried Chicken Capital:’ Where Racial Progress Began Along the Rails,” NPR

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11: “The One Thing I Wish You Knew About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 3, Episode 24: “Cancel Culture Pt. 3: Removing Statues”

“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 3, Episode 14, the untold story of fried chicken.
0:14.0	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home. First-name basis is designed
0:23.6	to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your family and a changemaker in your
0:29.1	community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world
0:35.4	we want, a world that reflects our values of inclusion,
0:39.4	compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this
0:46.7	journey with you. Hello, First Name Basis fam. I am so glad you are here. Okay, are you laughing with me at this
0:57.8	episode title, The Unknown Story of Fried Chicken? So here's what happened. As you know, I've been trying
1:04.7	really hard to embrace black joy this Black History Month. And one of the things that I've been
1:09.8	trying to do to connect with my
1:11.9	black culture is to learn more recipes. So I asked my dad to teach me how to make fried chicken.
1:18.4	I've never made it before. I've made it out of like a cookbook, but nothing like the top secret,
1:24.4	amazing family recipe, right? So I asked my dad if he would teach me how to make fried
1:28.7	chicken and he walked me through all the steps and while we were doing it, he was telling me about
1:34.0	what it meant to him and the importance of this recipe and our family and for our posterity.
1:40.2	And I was like, oh my gosh, dad, wait, wait, wait. I have to get my recording equipment because I need
1:45.2	to record this for the future generations. So as we were recording, I was asking him about why
1:53.4	fried chicken is such a staple in black households, and he was explaining kind of the history
1:58.7	behind the food. And it got me thinking, where does that
2:02.3	stereotype come from? I'm sure you've heard that stereotype that black people love fried chicken,
2:08.0	and it really has a negative connotation. When you say something about fried chicken and black
2:13.7	people and somebody makes a joke, it feels really gross and really racist. And I was reading
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