I literally said pork is disgusting before.

never thought about it
but i'm curious now

a few years ago it hit me that not all africans
in the slave trade were taken to america...

still a lot of research to do

there are so many perspectives out there

that's why i don't see why you're attacking me lol

i'm just trying to get the swine outta soul food

that's it

all the other stuff i do not care about

Also no I see nothing wrong with niggas eating chitlins and pigs feet cause I know 10 other countries that be eating cow, horse, and pig d*** casually. I personally wouldn't cause I think it's nasty.

People gonna cook and eat anything apart of an animal. Historical context be damned.

Imma say it one last time and hopefully it gets through your head.

It is just food.

Beans on toast

I understand what you’re saying about chitterlings and stuff like that but aside from the cultural context it isn’t really weird to eat something like that

I eat a lot of pork intestines and stuff like that as part of Asian cuisine and it’s just normal food.

Just cus lame white cacs didn’t want to eat these cuts of meat centuries ago it doesn’t mean they were right. They missed out on some good eating

eh

with complete gratefulness and humility that this is the case, i know many black elders who made it to 70-80-90 eating soul food

that being said, everything in moderation

Yeah. A lot of slaves went to the Caribbean and South America.

I got both sides of it because my moms side is Jamaican and my dad is from the south.

on the other hand it is tough to watch folks get further past 50 and always have to eat salads, watch their sugar and drink diet sodas and s*** like that

feel like i'd hate that

Niggas in certain places eating dogs.
We aint gotta move past anything imo lol

i really was like

probably the second, it’s just something you’re raised on and it has that “homely” feel

it’s called comfort food for a reason, s*** is comforting lol

why should we move past food that has significant historical influence in our community?

Need to move past chitlins tho

why the f*** was this ever a thing to begin with

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is it a positive influence?

appreciate you sharing your perspective

it is valuable

is there anything that you feel you've learned because of your background that maybe some others would find useful?

because of the history of slavery or how healthy the food is?

i have never liked the "slave food" argument. as if we should be ashamed for making what slaveowners gave us as scraps/trash into something delicious and important. this is our history as people and its not something we should be trying to get away from.

in terms of health i think a lot of black people now are trying to do better. my mom makes soul food pretty often but its not heavily salted or made with excessive amounts of butter/sugar/bad stuff. as we learn better we do better.

with that in mind

can you ever envision a world where the foods that make us feel homely are healthy?

i'm not saying it's gotta be today or tomorrow

but is there hope for someday?

I say I love both cuisines equally but I can say that Jamaica has a lil more range because you had recipes/spices/crops introduced from countries like India, China, etc

the history

of course we shouldn't be ashamed
what we did to it is why we are who we are
but that doesn't take away from the food being slave food

that is what it is

and that's why i feel like we should stop eating it

just off the principle

what do we have to prove
what are we holding on to?

okay, yes we know we can make fire food out of bullshit

but at what point do we use our powers for more than what we've been doing?

to me, saying we shouldn't consider moving past this is saying

"i am okay eating what the masters gave me even to this day"

doesn't matter if we can make it bomb as f***
it is STILL the food that white people didn't want

that just doesn't feel right to me

as far as having no memories to connect the food to, not sure. i think unhealthy food rly is addictive and they gotta outlaw some s*** first before it can happen

far as nostalgia goes, it can be the most boring s*** like oatmeal or eggs and rice, if you associate it with good times and haven’t had it in a bit i think that connection remains. the food is comforting, but so are the memories. that’s just my 2 cents though