Fridges
"Blacks prefer their meat fresh so would always buy live chickens."

Anybody without regular electricity and a working fridge prefers to buy very fresh meat, more alive the better..... regardless of being black, white, pink, green or invisible.
(morse, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 21:57, 1 reply)

True
But I think the OP was trying to get at an actual cultural difference rather than be derogatory. There is very little in 'white' (i.e. 'developed' Western) cultures that equips us to slaughter our own food - half of kids probably think milk comes from supermarkets and we're all so squeamish nowadays that we don't like associating our nice steak with a live cow.

Food preparation from live animals is a cultural skill that is always more prevalent in poorer areas where it is necessary (due to the lack of refrigeration etc), and the sad fact is in certain areas of SA the one thing a lot of the poorest people have in common is skin colour. I don't know SA that well (or at all really), but when I was in Tanzania it seemed that whilst white or asian people would as a general rule buy pre slaughtered produce, those buying livestock 'to eat' were almost exclusively black and poor.

This said I am defending someone against the perceived accusation of perceived racism, and have clearly gone internet crazy from lack of sleep.
(Foxinsockssir, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 23:12, closed)

Internet crazy
is the best kind of crazy; well done you!
(nd1001 slamdunked my funk, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 23:17, closed)

Live chicken in the townships: R8
Plucked, dressed chicken in the supermarket: R38.

I think we can see why people would rather buy their chickens live, hey.
(Tiktock Beating off flamers with a shitty stick, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 9:08, closed)