This Fields has to go

[mtnhack]

What does southern barbecue and chicken have to do with the genetic makeup of black people?

The comment was EXTREMELY ignorant.

While I agree that this PC bullshit has gotten out of hand all of our elected officials need to be sensitive to issues others may perceive as racist. All the news outlets are covering this and it does not benefit our cause one bit. Standing up for these comments will only hurt our cause more.

The problem is she wasn't speaking from a script.

I think what she was trying to say is that black people are predisposed to genetic health issues and the poor of that group eating like shit really doesn't help their early death rates. The point she should have made is that poor people of all races eat like shit, partly because they are largely ignorant, and partly because it is cheap and convenient to do so. That was her point when she went on to say that Mexicans eat a lot of veggies until they come to America where they transition to fast food and crap.

As far as gaffes go, this should not be on the radar when compared to Biden, and pregnancy selecting vaginas during rape, and puke/shit defenses, and so forth.