just seems like something we should move past as a people

for a number of reasons

what y'all think?

what is soul food?

"Historically a food that began during the tragic years of slavery in the South, when slaves would get cuts of meat and vegetables that were considered inedible by their white “masters,” the great migration following the Civil War introduced soul food to the entire country. But many former slaves remained in the South, and today, a food once considered rudimentary at its best is now found in almost every kind of place, from gas stations to diners and upper-crust eateries. Here are some favorites around the Volunteer State owned by African-Americans who put their heart and soul into every bite.."

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"i strongly disagree with you. this argument feels very "new black" to me, not to slight you.
no black person is thinking about slavery and slaveowners when they cook yams and hamhocks. what is so bad about eating the same food my enslaved ancestors ate? why should this bother me? we aren't enslaved any more. white people are not forcing us to eat any of this food. we eat it because we like it and we are used to it. we make the conscious choice now as free black people to eat this traditional food. that is not bad.
who gives a f*** what a white person thinks? i don't operate with respectability politics." - @goddess

"I do see what you are saying. We are a new generation and far more of us have the chance to be in the middle and higher classes. Soul food might appear as more working class food to many and I think a lot of us are thinking about defining what being black, educated and middle/upper class looks like by distancing ourselves from certain things. How do we dress, what do we eat, how do we live, how do we decorate? Just so many questions and I think a lot of us are like you and we are trying to draw inspiration from our African roots and what the black diaspora is doing around the world.
I think experimenting is fun and by that I mean mostly switching up seasonings/oils, how things are being cooked/fried, what I eat with my food. But I'm also an immigrant and I live on the West coast so my point of view might be "too LA" from most. I get hit with a "you're not from here" a lot when I travel outside of SoCal." - @emu

"I can agree with that. But the cultural shift comes with the economic shift.
The generation is the ones that decide to mandate community gardens in places with less access to those "bougie" supermarkets that have healthy alternatives.
It comes with you instead of asking "we ever gon' stop eating soul food?" is asking "Will Whole Foods lower they f***ing price for their vegetables which would inevitably reign in more profit cause more people could come and shop there?"
If the supermarkets and corporations don't change, then our eating habits can't change. If neighborhoods that are food deserts don't start having markets built within it, then our eating habits can't change. Remember, we're talking about food. Something that no human can't live without it.
The reason you're being called "new black" and stuff is because there's a very victim blamey like tone in your question.
In this case, you can't have one without the other." - @insertcoolnamehere

idek what that is tbh I've heard the term before but yeah

You can eat soul food and still be healthy if that's what you mean

Black people aren’t gonna stop eating soul food. If anything it will evolve

Hell no

But we can move away from the swine

Never had soul food before lol, I’m sure it’s good

Whats soul food

tennesseelookout.com/2020/06/19/soul-food-from-the-trauma-of-slavery-came-beautiful-cuisine

Hell Naw

tell me more about the evolution...

for the holidays and family gatherings?

Look up the gray. It’s a restaurant in savanna GA. She took southern black cooking and elevated it. I saw that s*** on chefs table on Netflix

short answer is

slave food that we repurposed as we always do

that alone has always made me wonder why we continually eat it every year

Racist thread

appreciate the rec

i definitely don't wanna lose the positive cultural aspect around soul food

i just think it's time that we redefine what we call soul food nahmean

we have way more information now

Why would we ever stop eating grandmas cooking

go on...

because we can gather together and eat healthier food

that doesn't have anything to do with the fact we were enslaved

So gentrify soul food because it isn’t “healthy”

i'm not doing this with you

Ain’t nobody thinking bout all that

Okay Neanderthal

we should be