Nah. I have serious issues with this article. I am not sure whether or not I was approached but yeah....I see issues. m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b…
My main issue is that "soul food" is treated like a pathology. "Soul Food" is elastic not static. It is not born of bad ingredients...thats feeding into the false premise. And by the way quinoa and avocado are Native food not white food..no matter how they have been taken.
The main idea here is true. Collectively we have a lot of health issues many are related to diet. But y'all soul food does not equal junk food and MANY WESTERN FOODS healthy or not are NOT GOOD FOR BLACK BODIES.
What about stressors....racial, economic, gender, etc. People eat fun food as a cheap escape. The rich part of soul is CELEBRATION food not everyday food.
No mention of Africa? Come on....
When u see what survived from Africa&what was compromised u have a more complex view of how African American vernacular cuisine developed.The original "white food"was being forced to assimilate into a comparatively unhealthy Northern European diet in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Y'all please go read a real book about this: m.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cooking-…
WE ARE THE ORIGINAL ORGANIC FOOD PIONEERS IN AMERICAN CULTURE BC WE ARE/WERE AN AGRARIAN PEOPLE.
