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French food is now racist, according to professor who studies 'food whiteness' and 'food privileges'
The Blaze ^ | July 2, 2021 | Dave Urbanski

Posted on 07/03/2021 6:09:43 AM PDT by Twotone

Turns out French food — all those crunchy baguettes, tasty pastries, scrumptious cheeses, and fine wines — is racist, according to a law professor who studies "food whiteness" and "food privileges."

What are the details? The Times U.K. reported that a video of Mathilde Cohen discussing the issue for a seminar outside Paris is upsetting folks in France, as the paper noted that the country's cuisine is "seen as a cornerstone of the national identity."

Cohen, who hails from the University of Connecticut School of Law, suggested that French eating habits reinforce the "dominance" of white people over ethnic minorities, the Times U.K. said.

An academic paper that was part of Cohen's seminar asserts that France's "eating culture ... has been the central means of racial and ethnic identity formation through slavery, colonialism, and immigration. The whiteness of French food is all the more powerful in that it is unnamed, enabling the racial majority to benefit from food privileges without having to acknowledge their racial origin," the Times U.K. added.

Here's Cohen on video discussing "food whiteness in French culture," which she said also can be defined as "the use of food to reinforce whiteness as a dominant racial identity."

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foodprivilege; frenchcuisine; racism
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I guess The French Laundry will have to shut down in shame.
1 posted on 07/03/2021 6:09:43 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

The Utter stupidity of liberals never ceases to amaze me


2 posted on 07/03/2021 6:11:55 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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To: Twotone

All cultural is racist.

So?

When did it become bad for people to have their own culture?


3 posted on 07/03/2021 6:13:21 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Twotone
Sorry...I'll starve before I eat hog jowls or collard greens. Of course that's what these pig fornicators might want!
4 posted on 07/03/2021 6:14:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Twotone
She has "crazy ex girlfriend" eyes.


5 posted on 07/03/2021 6:15:16 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Twotone

Kinda glad this whole “it’s racist” mentality has crawled out from under its slimy rock...just goes to show how berserk these people really are.


6 posted on 07/03/2021 6:15:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: CIB-173RDABN

a White ‘female?’ lawyer studies mixing human milk
with placenta and eating it, becomes a professor
dictating and telling the French people their baguettes
and rolls are racist.

only in law schools would this be allowed.


7 posted on 07/03/2021 6:15:34 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Must bypass the croissants,must bypass the croissants...Grocery shopping will never be the same


8 posted on 07/03/2021 6:15:47 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: SauronOfMordor

It actually looks like she’s wearing a hospital gown. Maybe mental?


9 posted on 07/03/2021 6:16:42 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: Gay State Conservative

No collard greens?? You don’t know what’s good my friend.


10 posted on 07/03/2021 6:16:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Twotone

Is eating with a fork racist too?


11 posted on 07/03/2021 6:17:49 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Thorizine is her friend


12 posted on 07/03/2021 6:18:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: SauronOfMordor

Those are just plain crazy eyes.


13 posted on 07/03/2021 6:18:36 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Twotone
...the paper noted that the country's cuisine is "seen as a cornerstone of the national identity."

That's the whole point - who says Whitey is allowed to have a national identity?

14 posted on 07/03/2021 6:20:56 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Twotone

The argument she raises is dumber than actually attacking the details of French cookery. Its that immigrants in France are subliminally encouraged to adopt French eating habits, because everyone around them is doing it.

But this happens in every country. Move to China or Japan and you will start eating like the Chinese and Japanese. Or in the US one starts eating “American”, hamburgers and steak, if one isn’t doing so already - thats the flip side if this, “cultural imperialism”.

And it applies just as much to Poles and Romanians in Paris as it does to Africans or Algerians.


15 posted on 07/03/2021 6:23:12 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: Twotone

Well, does that mean we have to leave off eating FRENCH FRIES.. I wonder what McDonalds is going to do.


16 posted on 07/03/2021 6:23:24 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: V_TWIN
My first...and only...experience with grits was at Fort Knox in 1969. I thought I was gonna die!

My dream dinner always has been,and always will be,sirloin/prime rib,baked potato with butter,corn or broccoli (with butter) and some kind of cake or pie for dessert.

17 posted on 07/03/2021 6:23:43 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Come to think of it, White People should NOT be eating tortillas. This ROUND corn, was symbolic for the god of the Sun. We need to respect the cultural sensitivity that only people who worship the Sun should eat tortillas.


18 posted on 07/03/2021 6:25:10 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Twotone
racial and ethnic identity formation through slavery, colonialism, and immigration.

or maybe they just like the way it tastes

19 posted on 07/03/2021 6:26:43 AM PDT by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: Twotone

She is unfortunately but quite completely bat-crap crazy. Good Lord.


20 posted on 07/03/2021 6:28:14 AM PDT by drwoof
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