Serious question: how do I tell the difference?
Nemo@midwest.social 4 months ago
Because one is actual ethnic cuisine, and the other is a stereotype.
just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 4 months ago
snooggums@midwest.social 4 months ago
You build up knowledge over time by paying attention to how the culture that itbis tied to responds, since most racist stuff doesn’t make logical sense.
downpunxx@fedia.io 4 months ago
seeing as how ethnicity and geographic origin of the american slaves were purposefully destroyed and lost, to cut them off from their history by design, their created culture will need to suffice
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fried chicken is an ethnic food though.
Scottish/Irish brought the method over, and when slaves made it, they used African flavoring techniques. Which also caught on with hillbillies.
That led to hillbillies and slaves being the ones that popularized it.
And they were the two most looked down on ethnic groups in America for a long time. Especially because they were eating it because it was cheap. The lard and frying was to increase the calorie count, because there wasn’t much to go around. Same with the heat, it made you eat the (relatively cheap, but still expensive) part slowly.
The big difference is authentic fried chicken, and instead being handed a watered down version of it.
Like, if for Cinco de Mayo they got Taco Bell…
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I love that you recognize the original hillbilly usage :)
just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Good point!