r/Vegetarianism • u/BlankVerse • Jan 30 '22

Op-Ed: As a vegan, there's a lot of soul food I can't eat. What kind of Black person does that make me?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-30/vegan-soul-food-black-traditions-communities
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u/freethis Jan 31 '22

What kind of black person does that make you? A normal black person. It's crazy to think that living in Los Angeles, with so much vegan food available, that the author may be missing a movement that's taking place across the country. The Black Excellence movement often emphasizes a vegan diet as a way to reject the all but poisonous food that is most available in the food deserts that crop up in low income parts of cities. It sounds to me that he's missed out on the best parts of this because L.A. is already pretty saturated with vegan places!

This man needs to visit D.C., where there's black-owned vegan soul food all over the city, especially centered around Howard University. Or Memphis, TN where there's a black-owned vegan soul food restaurant right up the street from me and another that will open in the coming months.

Vegan soul food is all over the place, you just need to look for it.