I was watching the game at the time of the comment, and I winced a bit. Not because I found the comment to be particularly racist, but because Juan Pablo Montoya is Columbian. A taco is a traditional Mexican dish (though I'm sure Columbia has something similar).
Culinary geography foibles notwithstanding, this may all be a bit blown out of proportion. Griese apologized for the slip. Montoya has declined to comment. Furthermore, as we all know, NASCAR fans are the last people in the world that would stand for even a shred of racism, and I haven't seen or heard many complaints on their end.
For what it's worth, if anyone would like to crack a joke with respect to where I may be at any given moment (and I don't plan on being atop the NASCAR points list), please, don't say "he's probably out having fried okra."
At least get the geography right*, and make it something I really like...
...like soft crabs.
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* True, I'm a Southerner, and we eat lots of fried foods in the South. However, while fried chicken, fried okra, or grits might be the first thing you think of for Southern cuisine, it's definitely not the first thing you'd think of for the Outer Banks. At least it shouldn't be.
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Fried soft crabs, for that matter.
Absolutely!! And I will have you some cooking on my stove when you get home in November!!!! BTW, what else would you like for Thanksgiving? I'll have my daddy's oyster dressing too.
Love you, love Lauren.
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