Are you even thinking about oppression while you eat that taco?

National Review ^ | Nov. 20, 2015 | Katherine Timpf

[Twotone]

According to Social Justice Internet, it's totally fine to enjoy foods from other cultures - as long as you don't call the food "authentic," act like it's out of the ordinary, or forget to get upset about Islamophobia every time you eat hummus.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Asparagus is great for cleaning out your kidneys. Making a paste out of lightly steame spears is better though.

[ETL]

I believe that the yuppies are now being oppressed. Check out this $6 asparagus water at the Whole Foods. It's basically a jar of water with a few stalks of asparagus put in it and then marketed as a health tonic.

Lol! They are nauseating, aren't they (yuppies). I lived in New York City all of my life and watched it become infested with these dopes. NYC today is basically one huge yuppie mono-culture, especially Manhattan. Gone are the days of different areas of NY having their own unique set of characteristics. For example, Little Italy has turned into "Yuppy Town". The original Italian residents have long since left. Landlords there are even trying to force out the restaurants with big rent increases. Many of the restaurants have already been forced to close, others are about to.

[chajin]

My hummus at home is Sabra, which is partly Jewish, and when I eat restaurant-made hummus, along with kibbeh bi laban and drink Lebanese coffee at the Cedars Restaurant, the food is cooked and served by Christians, so I don’t have to be concerned with Muslim privilege.

[Zeneta]

With my lack of fore-thought, I “Micro aggressed” the thing down the toilet.

Actually it seemed more like a Macro thing.

Like I crapped a badger.

[stylin19a]

Here’s the actual web site headline:

Eating ‘Authentic’ Food From Other Cultures Declared Racist

[llevrok]

So if logic follows, eating pizza is racist.

Pizza has tomato sauce. Tomatoes came from China via the Caucasian exploitation of the Chinese by Marco Polo. So for me to eat anything with tomatoes is sacred to the Chinese and for me (whitey) to eat pizza is a cultural appropriation of the Chinese culture.

And don't even get me started about Miracle Whip, comrade !!

[VideoDoctor]

We are in the era of "selling ridiculous ideas."

The MORE ridiculous, the more attention it gets. Makes me wonder if someone isn't going to suggest that swallowing rocks will help you lose weight.

"Politically correct" has truly hit runaway mode in this Country.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Rachel Kuo is a traitor to the revolution and must be sent to a re-education camp.

[Verginius Rufus]

So eating authentic foreign food is now racist. So don’t go to Taco Bell for the authentic Mexican food, and don’t go to McDonald’s for the authentic Scottish food.

[dainbramaged]

Like I crapped a badger.
After one of those, I holler at the wife to "get the camera!" but she ignores me.

[Fiddlstix]

.....Tomatoes came from China via the Caucasian exploitation of the Chinese by Marco Polo. So for me to eat anything with tomatoes is sacred to the Chinese and for me (whitey) to eat pizza is a cultural appropriation of the Chinese culture.

And don't even get me started about Miracle Whip, comrade !!<.i>

Well, comrade!! Your Education Is Lacking!

The Tomoto is from the Americas!

The tomato (see pronunciation) is the edible, often red berry-type fruit of the nightshade Solanum lycopersicum,[1][2] commonly known as a tomato plant. The tomato is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes, sauces, salads, and drinks. The English word tomato comes from the Spanish word, tomate, derived Nahuatl (Aztec language) word, tomatl. It first appeared in print in 1595.[4]

The tomato belongs to the nightshade family, Solanaceae.[1][3] The species originated in the South American Andes[2] and its use as a food originated in Mexico, and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Its many varieties are now widely grown, sometimes in greenhouses in cooler climates. The plants typically grow to 1–3 meters (3–10 ft) in height and have a weak stem that often sprawls over the ground and vines over other plants. It is a perennial in its native habitat, although often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual. An average common tomato weighs approximately 100 grams (4 oz).[5][6]
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[who_would_fardels_bear]

Thank heaven we don't have to suffer through authentic Chinese, Mexican, Thai, etc. cuisine.

In America we get new-and-improved ethnic cuisine with more meat, cleaner/safer ingredients, and larger portions.

America makes everything better... at least for now.

[sport]

No. I think about oppression everytime a see a fat slob ahead of me in the checkout line in the supermarket paying for a cart load of groceries with a EBT card. Then using cash to pay for their beer and cigarettes.

[Zeneta]

Pride comes before the fall or flush as it were.

[Fred Hayek]

To avoid offending ethnicities and appropriating their cultures, one should only consume Soylent Green.

[RegulatorCountry]

We’ve gone from enjoying ethnic foods being regarded as open-minded and celebrating diverse cultures to the same being racist? Eat what you like. Like it because you like it. I like most of what passes for Mexican food in this country. Mexican restaurants employ a lot of Mexicans. Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, the same. For the life of me, I don’t see how that can be construed in any way as being racist. They’re going to end up causing a lot of these places to close, and what will be gained then?

[Fred Hayek]

I left the NYC area in 1988 and have never returned. It was mostly to escape the yuppie culture. Everything became one big pretense.

[Twotone]

OOPS! Missed it, as I was trying to get past the massive header to read the article. I saw a link on Facebook.

[llevrok]

so you are telling me that I am now pissing off the Latino/Hispanics/whatevertheyarecalledtoday by eating pizza?????

I can’t win!!!

[Twotone]

You can eat the food. You just can’t claim it’s authentic, because that ‘fetishizes the sustenance of another culture’, and you have to think about how oppressed that other culture is because of your white privilege. Or something like that.

These nuts need some time in an asylum.