picnic

A picnic is an outing or an occasion that involves taking a packed meal to be eaten outdoors.



Where did the word "picnic" come from?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/picnicker?s=t

It was typical to have a picnic on a Friday evening in Oklahoma.  The word was short for "pic a nigger" to lynch.  They would lynch a Black male and cut off body parts as souvenirs.  this went on every weekend in this state, and it was across the country.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blpicnic.htm

I chose this as an argument because although things can happen in the past that may have been negative. We as people can make a new history and allow the term to have a beautiful image of sharing and breaking bread with one another.  many words have positive and negative meanings but it is up to us to place the image that work best for you. If you are negative and like "pic a nigger" than im sure that this could still be a truth. a truth that cant exist legally. That alone brings relief to my heart. Today when i hear the word picnic i see a plaid red and white table cloth, grass and plenty of food.

There are many words in this world that can be argued as positive and negative. picnic could have meant that once upon of time..okay thanks for the history lesson, but it doesn't fit into whats going on with us as a people today.

Thats why it is called his story....


Where we examine both sides of the coin and let the chips fall where they may. It's always heads or tails. You cant honestly decide unless you look at both.