Picky Eaters are Racist

In a story today out of London, UPI is reporting that  a British-government sponsored organization has determined that toddlers who say ‘yuck’ are racist.

That’s right, toddlers who say ‘yuck’ when confronted with flavorful foreign food are exhibiting racist tendencies.  Also, the study warns that babies must be watched closely for racism because they have the ability to "recognize different people in their lives."

Has it really come to this?

I can remember when anti-racism ads consisted of a little black boy and a little white boy playing happily together under the caption “Nobody’s Born a Racist”.

Apparently, they were wrong and we need to crack down on those damned, hate-filled infants and toddlers.  Next thing you know, little Billy’s going to be sporting a Swastika at daycare.

And the British government paid money for this study?  They’re more screwed up than we are.

Folks, kids say “yuck” because they don’t like the way something tastes.  Kids get set in their eating habits and don’t want to try new things, regardless of what “culture” the food came from … the kid doesn’t give a shit about cultures, he cares that it looks and smells different … he cares that it’s not freakin’ peanut butter and jelly like he wanted!

When I was a kid I hated onions … does that mean that I was bigoted against those damn onion-eating … what is the cultural-home of the onion, anyway?  Doesn’t matter, apparently as a kid I hated those bastards.  I like onions now … did my racism go away?

Hated the Norwegians, too, because I wouldn’t even try Lutefisk … but I did love lefse and krumkake, so I guess I was conflicted in my racism?  Oh, wait, I’m a quarter Norwegian … racist, self-hating bastard that I must have been.

To the authors of the study, I say:

Gentlemen and ladies, kids who are picky eaters are not racist, kids who are picky eaters are a pain in the ass!

Possibly, you should have studied how to get the little shits to eat what the parents put on their plates, rather than projecting your own own racist beliefs onto them.

That’s right, I said their own racist beliefs.  Just like ardent gay-bashers who secretly yearn to try the act, I think that those who see racism in every act, every look, every nuance of voice that they encounter … those people harbor their own racism.  Deep in their soul, or not so deep, they’re racist, which is why it’s at the forefront of their minds so much. 

There is real racism in the world, real hatred of others because of who they are or where they’re from and that evil must be confronted, but you won’t find it in a toddler pushing his plate away … you won’t find it in anything that a baby does. 

Have some haggis, there … no?  You fucking racist.