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Thanksgiving is an interesting holiday from this perspective, [b]because many of the "traditional" foods are actually Southern soul foods that originated in Black communities. Yet we talk about them like the Pilgrims at them.[/b] It's a form of cultural erasure that historically marginalized groups feel acutely. They've been told for centuries that their cultures are inferior...now all of a sudden the supposedly "superior" culture is taking their cultural heritage and passing it off as their own.

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I don’t think anyone believes that turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, bread and cranberries were served at the first Thanksgiving (at least certainly not in their traditional form) and I’m curious which of those foods originated in Black communities. I’ll give you that Black people [i]definitely[/i] invented the way America eats, but not Thanksgiving foods (at least not the ones I serve). [/quote]

Mashed potatoes originated from England.  No one can claim cranberries and a roasted bird, lol.. this is an exercise in futility.[/quote]

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