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Bill O'Reilly as Soul Food Restaurant Critic
I think the point that Bill O'Reilly was doing such a poor job of making is that there's more to African-American culture than what's portrayed on the media. His narrow set of experiences gave him one set of expectations and reality presented something different. His visit to Sylvia's was part of his learning experience, and hopefully he learned something positive.
We all have pre-conceived notions about how things are. If we go to Chinese restaurants, don't we expect somewhat brusque service and accented English? If we instead got excellent service and perfectly spoken American English, wouldn't we be surprised? I know I would be!
But then again, maybe I'm just being willfully ignorant of how Chinese restaurants actually are in the United States because of how they're portrayed in the media...
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I have fond childhood memories of eating durian with my grandfather, still enjoy a bite of it from time to time.