The must-read of the week is this essay from Lauren Michele Jackson in Eater. She examines how the “Craft movement” has systematically removed black and brown voices. It has turned products and traditions, many of which have origins in communities of color, into things made by rich white people for other rich white people. The section about coffee seems a bit thin, but the ones on barbecue and whiskey are dead on. I had no idea that Jack Daniels himself learned whiskey distilling from a former slave. It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of fine dining tradition in America has its roots in slavery.
The unbearable whiteness of eating
The unbearable whiteness of eating
The unbearable whiteness of eating
The must-read of the week is this essay from Lauren Michele Jackson in Eater. She examines how the “Craft movement” has systematically removed black and brown voices. It has turned products and traditions, many of which have origins in communities of color, into things made by rich white people for other rich white people. The section about coffee seems a bit thin, but the ones on barbecue and whiskey are dead on. I had no idea that Jack Daniels himself learned whiskey distilling from a former slave. It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of fine dining tradition in America has its roots in slavery.