Saturday, November 21, 2009

I thought my life was complicated .... :-)

Until I read this ....
This will be my first Thanksgiving as a vegetarian—excuse me—as a black vegetarian from the Southern United States. As in Texas. As in raised on meat as much as milk. My dad barbecued every weekend. Sunday dinners revolved around collards and green beans with turkey chunks in every forkful, salads and baked potatoes were always sprinkled with bacon. Thanksgiving always included fried turkeys.
This year, I’ll be bringing the Tofurky.
A wonderful short essay.  Read it here
The best line there is this one though:
Vegetarianism is the dietary equivalent of Republicanism in the black community

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