These are only a handful of the many experiences I’ve had involving food and cultural appropriation. They make me feel like I need permission to be proud of my cuisine and eating habits—but this permission seems to be granted at the whim of others.
As a result, I’ve become increasingly protective of Indian food while living abroad. I am quick to rebuke friends and acquaintances for eating roti and rice like a burrito. I get upset when they call anything and everything Indian “curry.” And I snap when someone tries to school me about turmeric latte or curry powder.
Many Indians working in tech in the US of course, and I doubt there’s any tech company of size where the room the reheating of pungent Indian food kitchen/lunch/break hasn’t been raised as an issue.
I’ll admit, I haven’t heard that eating dal and rice with your fingers is a cultural Indian thing.
Wash your damn hands.
Brush your damn teeth.
Take a damn shower.
Wear some damn deodorant.
You moved to get away from Smell-i-stan.
Don’t bring it with you.
Madura has contmpt for other cultures.
His fingers are yellow because of the way he wipes his ass. Filthy animal.
My thought too. Snowflake seeking a persecition aura.
I don’t know about this, but a Guy I knew worked at McDonnel Douglas and had his Lunch stolen out of the Refrigerator in the Break Room a few times.
His Wife decided to send him to work with a Dog Food Sandwich in his Lunch. That was stolen too.
After that, nobody ever stole his Lunch again.
The end.
Nacho Cheese Doritos have also been culturally appropriated. Orange fingers are perfectly normal. Time to complain to EVERYONE about this outrage.
Translation: You have to be diverse and accepting of my ways in your country. I don't gotta' do nuthin' but complain about you white people...
Yep, Snowflake Alert. Having worked in offices since I was 16, I can say from experience that it is the rare office that doesn’t discourage strong smelling food being reheated or cooked in the kitchen or break room area.
The fact is, no matter how delicious that food is, if it smells strongly it is unappealing to most people to smell it all day, especially for clients or customers entering the office.
That doesn’t just apply to Indian or Asian food, but also applies to fish, dishes with lots of onions or garlic, or even sausage and sauerkraut. I dare her to burn a bag of popcorn in her office and not get the Evil Eye. That stuff is pervasive and will not go away soon. May as well just light a tire on fire and be done with it.
It’s not racism or bigotry to not want stinky smells in your office. Nor is it racist or bigoted to think someone should use a fork or a spoon (or chopsticks) since those things are readily available in the US.
Peach