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Black Vegans Step Out, for Their Health and Other Causes
Aph Ko got tired of hearing that eating vegan was something only white people did. So in 2015, she created a list of 100 black vegans for a website. It included pioneering figures like Dick Gregory and Coretta Scott King and younger, less famous writers, filmmakers, cooks and activists. “When you say ‘vegan,’ a lot of people tend to only think of PETA, which doesn’t reflect the massive landscape of vegan activism,” said Ms. Ko, 28, a Floridian whose favorite dish at the moment is the spinach pie in “The Vegan Stoner Cookbook.” “The black vegan movement is one of the most diverse, decolonial, complex and creative movements.”
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Maybe I have exceptionally good cooks as friends but my friends tend to season well, regardless of race? Also
I'm vegetarian myself, and know a bunch too, but most tend to be vegetarian or vegan mostly because of environmental factors.... Is there a breakdown somewhere for reasons?
This article is just making me hungry. I'm not from the US so I haven't eaten any 'black' food, but some of the examples sounded real good.
Ah, how to wade into these muddy waters. I am most definitely a meat eater, I have most definitely eaten many things, fish and fowl and I most definitely would eat anything to survive in any environment.
I find it interesting because there's a whole bunch of factors that decide how someone eats... Someone was recently telling me that apparently most of what tastes you prefer is based on what you grew up with. Food is a funny thing.
I mean, my hope is that people will start eating slightly less meat, to offset environmental effects like greenhouse gases, water & land pollution, etc. I understand it's silly to expect everyone to not eat meat, but if everyone ate vegetarian at least once a week that would still make a huge difference.
That's not to say I don't like meat, I love the taste (and will still eat it if I'm over at someone's and that's what they're serving), and it is rather hard sometimes to not eat meat. But most of the time, it's super easy.
Food is a cultural thing. I have lived in Asia for more than half my life, So meat is a precious commodity. Used and respected sparingly for what it is.. food.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ameri...rs-terrible-decision-stay-alive-a6895781.html
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Honestly I think that meat is a huge benefit towards foods that are essentially cheap and low skill to make. As soon as you remove the meat element, your costs and prep effort start to go up considerably. So essentially, to give up meat, you need to prepare yourself for a more expensive diet that requires a lot more effort to maintain. Ok, well that and the fact that people who grew up with certain foods are going to be heavily biased towards them.
Hm, maybe. I mean I like to cook quite a bit so I'm not really the best to ask if it's easier, but there's also vegetarian junk food. Pizzas, fries, falafel, etc. As for expensive, I think here it ends up being quite a bit cheaper. Fast food isn't cheap the same way it is in the states (a mcd's menu will set you back ~8 euro, I can cook for around 2 euro a person) so that might be a contributing factor. For example (thai) curries are ridiculously easy to make and still be cheap & tasty, you just throw in some vegetables, coconut milk, spices & curry paste, something protein-y and you're set. In my case it mostly required a different way of looking at food, and I've heard this from a few people who became vegetarian after they learned cooking with mostly meat -- instead of thinking "i'd like chicken with..." or "beef with" you have a different starting point. Not hard to change, just different.
Humans are not vegans by nature. If we were,we would have a gut like a gorilla (basically a fermentation vat) and a different gut biome. Our guts would also be way longer.