notesfromphilo

5y

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

goddess

5y

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.

notesfromphilo

5y

i respect your stance

but i'm curious about what "new black" means to you

i don't take offense to it but i'm not sure what you mean by it

goddess

5y

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

5y

"new black" is a disingenuous stance that some black people have. its the idea that they want black people to do better when in reality they just want black people to look more appealing to white people.

Smacked Voodoo

5y

Sidebar grits are f***in disgusting and I got no shame calling that s*** some slave food

Orpheus

5y

OH yo this thread got me remembering things

soul food is evolving

there's this one spot in hyde park in chicago that is pretty much a high-end soulfood restaurant, it's kinda sick, it's called virtue

SHAQUILLE

5y

Good discussion itt

Good job @op

goddess

5y

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.

Not Like Josuke

5y

Need to move past chitlins tho

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

user

5y

I was heavy on this wave until I was watching a morray interview and dude made me think about how hot dogs/any type of "bagged" sausage and chitlins are lowkey the same s***

Smacked Voodoo

5y

Sidebar grits are f***in disgusting and I got no shame calling that s*** some slave food

notesfromphilo

5y

but i'm a black dude

and i said "are we"

i'm included in this

i want us to grow as a people

and i think now is the time

insertcoolnamehere

5y

make healthy food more accessible instead of shaming niggas for eating what they can afford.

/thread

notesfromphilo

5y

you believe people eat soul food because it's affordable?

user

5y

speaking of how chitlins and hotdogs/sausage the same s*** yall boys ever had liver pudding?

idk how to describe the taste it's like salty meaty grits lmao i only eat it wit grits tho

It looks and sounds nasty but I promise this s*** hits wit some buttery grits my grandma pmo as a kid before i could really think about what i was eating lmao

real niggas mix the eggs, bacon, liver pudding and grits all together with a big ass glob of butter on top

insertcoolnamehere

5y

I don't believe, I'm literally telling you as someone that's been vegan all his life that it literally cost more to deliberately buy healthier alternatives than it do to buy pork.

notesfromphilo

5y

IT IS JUST FOOD