Hundreds Turn up for "BBQing While Black" Event in Oakland Park

Hundreds of people showed up to a weekend cookout at a park in Oakland, California in the latest response to a white woman's infamous call to police to report a black family BBQing at a park in Oakland. 

Organizers of the "BBQing While Black" festival-like event on Sunday say the event held on the shores of Lake Merritt was put together to rally against racism. Music played, while vendors cooked up racks of ribs, sausages and plates of chicken for festival goers. 

The event was prompted by an incident during which an unidentified white woman called 911 to report a family using a charcoal barbeque at a public park in Oakland. 

#BBQBecky, as she has become known online, quickly became a viral meme and was even parodied on Saturday Night Live this weekend. 


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