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In reply to the discussion: Fried Chicken Is Soul Food & Should Be Honored And Embraced As Such [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I'm not honoring the scraps left over for us as 'soul food'. It's not soul food. It's the crap that we were allowed to have, we took it and made it delicious because there was no other choice. It replaced the culture and foods stolen from us, and helped us become diabetics, keeps our blood pressure up and we have enjoyed and epidemic of obesity for decades as a result of the crappy food we were allowed to have.
Many Africans stolen from Africa were Muslim and were forced to eat scraps of pork and other unclean foods against their religion, and I'm certain those poor dead souls would not consider it soul food.
I think telling us we need to learn about it is very condescending of you. We have learned about it. We live it everyday.
I think you may need to learn more about the history of slavery and read some first hand accounts of former slaves. They are free on amazon.http://www.amazon.com/Slave-Narratives-History-Interviews-Mississippi-ebook/dp/B004UKCEXC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392006006&sr=1-1&keywords=slave+narratives
The former slaves talk about food a lot, I have read most of the books available for download.
It will help give you some insight about black people and our history in America and it will give you some clues as to why we hate for white people to tell us how we should feel about things and see things and speak of things. It's rude to tell someone how they should see things.