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From Hip Hop Wired

After Roots drummer Questlove posted a picture on Twitter showing NBC network's dinner menu in honor of Black History month, the Internet was up in uproar with cries of stereotyping and profiling.

As previously reported the menu in question offered fried chicken, collard greens and jalapeno cornbread in "honor" of the month and according to the chef who cooked it, Leslie Calhoun, not meant to be offensive.

Click here to read what Questlove had to say about the reaction towards his Twitter picture.

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