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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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To: Twotone

I love racist food. YUMMMMM!


41 posted on 07/03/2021 6:59:59 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: epluribus_2

“use real cider vinegar to cut bitterness...)

My wife says give a 1/4 cup of sugar a try en lieu of the cider vinegar.


42 posted on 07/03/2021 7:10:48 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: SauronOfMordor; Lazamataz

Laz would. I might, I’ve been married to worse...


43 posted on 07/03/2021 7:11:37 AM PDT by null and void (We're the only country where so many people believe pro wrestling is real and elections are honest!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Whale blubber.
It’s not just for dinner.
The other white meat.


44 posted on 07/03/2021 7:12:52 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: Twotone

You can be racist with this cookbook. It has recipes that I can handle. Good eating.

https://www.amazon.com/French-Comfort-Food-Hillary-Davis-ebook/dp/B00M4S23DI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SAES042UUF4L&dchild=1&keywords=french+comfort+food&qid=1625321505&s=books&sprefix=french+comfort%2Caps%2C216&sr=1-1


45 posted on 07/03/2021 7:13:22 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: CIB-173RDABN
All cultural is racist.

Anything not specifically black or brown culture is racist.

46 posted on 07/03/2021 7:15:15 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Uncle Miltie
Lutefisk is a hate crime!

No. just plain awful.

47 posted on 07/03/2021 7:16:03 AM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: Twotone
French food is white, because French people are white.

Same thing for German, Polish, English, etc. Generally all European ethnic food would be considered white.

The only thing white about ethnic Asian food is the rice. And if French food was really all about "white", they would do something about that mustard.

48 posted on 07/03/2021 7:17:04 AM PDT by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: Twotone

From now on, French people will confine their culinary choices to Watermelon, Chitterlings, Collard Greens, and Fried Chicken.

NO CHATEAUBRIAND FOR YOU!!!!

Violators of this directive will be executed by guillotine.


49 posted on 07/03/2021 7:17:05 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Twotone

I don’t see many colored people asking for this kind of cringy behavior from neurotic white liberals - it’s something white liberals do by themselves and for themselves. Weird, demented performance art.


50 posted on 07/03/2021 7:21:12 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Twotone

I can’t even get my head around what she’s talking about.

Bottom line, because it’s of whites, it’s racist.

I guess all great achievements in the world are racist, too.


51 posted on 07/03/2021 7:23:06 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Gay State Conservative

That’s not a dream dinner. That’s just my standard. Like, but not love.

It’s MD crabs for me. Next, sauerkraut and meatballs. Something out of the ordinary.


52 posted on 07/03/2021 7:25:47 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: SauronOfMordor

Weak looking vegetarian lib woman, as usual. I bet she has that honky whiny voice too.


53 posted on 07/03/2021 7:26:47 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Twotone

Time to ban phrases that might offend people of color:

Sacre Bleu
Cordon Bleu
Blanche Dubois
La Vie en Rose


54 posted on 07/03/2021 7:26:49 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Yep, batsh!t crazy.


55 posted on 07/03/2021 7:28:15 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns!)
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To: buwaya

It’s called, “When in Rome….do as the Romans do.”


56 posted on 07/03/2021 7:28:45 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: mjp

She wouldn’t know anything about gastronomy. Look at her, she’s a vegan or eats all her meals at Taco Bell. That’s why she wrote this tripe, of which I didn’t read, she’s mental, lonely and in need of some…


57 posted on 07/03/2021 7:41:54 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: MayflowerMadam

Arugula is bitter and only good blended with something else. Yes, it does remind me too of #44.


58 posted on 07/03/2021 7:44:29 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: rovenstinez

French fries? Pfffffft...

They are truely Belgian Fries. A french fry would be like a Five Guys, cut the potato and it hits the grease fresh.

Any potato fry product that’s been frozen and precooked a little bit, and then refried crispy is by definition a Belgian fry. Belgian fries are also eaten with mayonnaise and not catsup.

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/the-one-and-only-truly-belgian-fries-40036


59 posted on 07/03/2021 7:58:41 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distribBluted right.)
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To: Twotone

No more french fries at Mickey D’s or Popeye’s.


60 posted on 07/03/2021 8:18:48 AM PDT by bgill
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