News: Oberlin Students Protest 'Culturally Inaccurate' Campus Food

LoKoPaNdA

"Students at a liberal Ohio college are voicing outrage over the fried chicken, sushi, General Tso’s chicken and Vietnamese sandwiches served in the school cafeterias, saying the cheap knockoff dishes are “insensitive” and “culturally inappropriate.”

Students at Oberlin College — which happens to be the alma matter of ultra-liberal actress Lena Dunham — are writing to the school’s newspaper to complain about the meals and are demanding meetings with campus dining officials and the college president.

Among the complaints were a student’s claim that the General Tso’s chicken at one of the campus dining facilities was steamed instead of fried.

Other students complained about the “culturally appropriative” sushi served at the school’s Dascomb Dining Hall.

Tomoyo Joshi, a college junior from Japan, said the undercooked rice and lack of fresh fish in the sushi rolls is “disrespectful,” according to the Oberlin Review."

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ri/?preview?98

Dylobs

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Among the complaints were a student’s claim that the General Tso’s chicken at one of the campus dining facilities was steamed instead of fried.

Attitude

They're going to raise the food prices so best of luck.

Halnin

Will they protest as well for the mass amounts of local restaurants that offer the same "less authentic" food?

LoKoPaNdA

As a minority I know that ethnic foods served in dining halls aren't very authentic

But it would be too costly to find people who can cook authentic food

Witchpop

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Other students complained about the “culturally appropriative” sushi served at the school’s Dascomb Dining Hall.

Tomoyo Joshi, a college junior from Japan, said the undercooked rice and lack of fresh fish in the sushi rolls is “disrespectful,” according to the Oberlin Review."

You're at a dining hall at a college, not a 5 star sushi restaurant, what do you expect?

Honestly, it's ****ing food, get the hell over it.

Callisto.

This is a cause I can get behind.

Get my food RIGHT.

monsterLd

Some people smh

It's like going to KFC and expecting 5* restaurant food service

Minajesty

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Originally posted by Callisto.

This is a cause I can get behind.

Get my food RIGHT.

Then make your own damn food.

Scandal & Media

This is why 99% of people make fun of SJWs.

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student’s claim that the General Tso’s chicken at one of the campus dining facilities was steamed instead of fried.

Cry me a river.

MissAmericanDream

I understand complaining about the taste or lack of variety of cafeteria or dining hall food but go somewhere else with this tumblr sized mess, I'm sure they don't complain about the takeout pizza and Chinese they order every weekend being culturally inappropriate.

The fact that there were even enough students that came together and made this a headline... This generation is embarrassing.

careerfatality

BYE

yall are running out of problems and creating some

i see this on this forum and usa A LOT

DownBoy

Ridiculous first world problem.

JessLM

Doing the most.

Haunter

Scandal & Media

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Originally posted by MissAmericanDream

I understand complaining about the taste or lack of variety of cafeteria or dining hall food but go somewhere else with this tumblr sized mess, I'm sure they don't complain about the takeout pizza and Chinese they order every weekend being culturally inappropriate.

The fact that there were even enough students that came together and made this a headline... This generation is embarrassing.

Right? Complain about the quality of the food or lack of options but having a fit over "culturally inaccurate" food

People look for any reason to be angry at something to gain brownie points.

Identity politics is a distraction from real issues. No one cares that your entitled first-world ass didn't get authentic sushi at a ****ing school's cafeteria.

fridayteenage

lol

I find Panda Express gross and fake, but I don't find it racist or whatever these people are saying. Just white people like things to be as white as possible, so they like it, and who am I to deprive them of that?

Witchpop

They would probably get mad if it was made right because people that aren't apart of their culture were "stealing their culture"

Retro

Enough already. They're not going to spend the money to hire people (and purchase ingredients) to make the most authentic version, so it's the knockoffs or nothing at ****ing all.

Maybe it's just the fact that I go to a private, liberal institution, but I am so beyond exhausted with these things.

Tymps.

Again it's obviously an article with an agenda. Y'all are easily manipulated. Look at the facts they choose to give.

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Students at Oberlin College — which happens to be the alma matter of ultra-liberal actress Lena Dunham — are writing to the school’s newspaper to complain about the meals and are demanding meetings with campus dining officials and the college president.

What was the point of this info? Seems like they're trying to paint a certain view of Oberlin in your mind.

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Among the complaints were a student’s claim that the General Tso’s chicken at one of the campus dining facilities was steamed instead of fried.

I can guarantee you this is one of the most, if not the most, ridiculous complaint that the writer could find.

Do I support these students. I'm not sure, this all seems a little messy. But, like, damn, you guys need to think about what you read.