Whilst conducting background research into the United Nations’ official 2000 report promoting what it itself terms “replacement migration” in the West, I stumbled upon a most curious perspective from an African-American racial agitator in the employ of Fox mega-corporation, which one might mistake for being “conservative” because it includes a news network that brands itself that way.
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This little ditty kicks off with the provocative, edgy question from host Tammi Mac on her Fox show, “The Business of Being Black”: “White culture — is it even a thing?”
Now, in my own extensive “lived experience,” as they say, I’ve traveled far and wide. In so doing, I’ve indulged in reasons on at least four continents that I can recall.Spicy food is often associated with ethnic food. Is unseasoned food a part of white culture?...
Soul food is a huge part of black culture. What food would you equate to white culture?...
What is it with the raisins? What is it with white people and the raisins in the potato salad, the raisins in the macaroni, the raisins?
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Persian dishes have raisins.
African dishes have raisins.
Oriental (are we still allowed to use that term?) have raisins.
What in God’s name is this lady talking about?
Via Britannica (emphasis added):
Raisin grapes were grown as early as 2000 bce in Persia and Egypt, and dried grapes are mentioned in the Bible (Numbers 6:3) during the time of Moses. David (Israel’s future king) was presented with “a hundred clusters of raisins” (1 Samuel 25:18), probably sometime during the period 1110–1070 bce. Early Greeks and Romans adorned places of worship with raisins, and raisins were awarded as prizes in sporting events. Today’s chief raisin producers include Turkey and the United States, which together account for about 80 percent of the world’s raisin production. Other important raisin-producing countries include Iran, Greece, Chile, and South Africa.
I’m not an anthropologist by any means, but it seems like Chile, Egypt, Iran (Persia) and South Africa are not widely considered “white” nations. In any case, they’re certainly not European.
Tammi is, of course, tapping into the long-running trope that white people don’t properly season their food, and suffer from cultural lack in general, which is why they are forced to culturally appropriate from marginalized communities.
(Note that the only negative generalizations allowed in our current culture concern white people.)
Via Quartz (emphasis added):
Why does bland food exist? Why, indeed, is there a whole group of people known for their love of underseasoned potato salad, passion for plain chicken breasts, and adoration of mayonnaise?
I’m talking about white people. More specifically, white Americans, though Europeans are also complicit in the rise of blanditude…
You may not agree with the characterization, but when white girl potato salad is a punchline on Saturday Night Live, comparing a white performer’s cover of a classic R&B tune to unseasoned chicken breast is a sick burn on Twitter, and calling someone “white bread” an insult, there’s definitely something there to unpack—and douse with Frank’s Red Hot…
There’s no denying it: The food of white America, whether you’re talking poached halibut on massaged kale or Kraft singles on Wonder bread with mayo, is bland compared with South Asian curries, Korean kimchi, or African peanut stews.
Ah, the world-renowned “African peanut stew!”
Delicious, and culturally enriching!
Had I not gone down the rabbit hole, I might have never understood that raisins are yet another tool in the White Supremacy™ arsenal, weaponized to keep the vibrant Persons’ of Color™ diets as dull and ho-hum as the whites’.
