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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they claiming they created the dishes? Are they calling it American cuisine? I have my doubts, but please provide links to prove me wrong. [/quote]
Look at Alison Roman with her “chickpea stew” and “gentle lentils”.[/quote]

She totally deserved to be cancelled for that. I'm fine with white people making international cuisine, but give credit where credit is due. She was acting like these were original recipes. Lady, you're making Chole and daal!!![/quote]

See, there is a lot of generational/cultural issues here.  I'm of mixed minds here: as an Indian-American, I really appreciate "our" food being talked about and discussed so positively.  When I was growing up, there were only a couple Indian restaurants and only Madhur Jeffrey.  Now look at it!  But, it kind of stings to see these beautiful popular women -- they kind who would mock the smells of my house when we were younger-- now getting fame and kudos for their cooking.

[b]By contrast, my mother would roll her eyes at me if I told her what I wrote above.  She'd tell me to be happy about how easy it is find these ingredients now.  She would vehemently object to Allison Roman's food being called Indian or Indian-inspired, but  would be delighted to try something with chickpeas and turmeric[/b].[/quote]
I don't think it's purely generational. My Indian immigrant mom probably doesn't care at all about this. My Indian immigrant dad definitely hates this kind of thing. That being said, I don't think that it's because the older generation doesn't care. I just think it's because they experienced so much racism when they first arrived, their expectations of mainstream American culture are very low. Us second generation kids grew up being told the US was a "melting pot" that welcomes immigrants and incorporates new cultures. But our experiences were/are much more complicated.

Now, I know that people will say how the US is far less racist than other countries...and maybe that's true. But that doesn't mean that there isn't racism here too...and we should aspire to eliminate it, not to pat ourselves on the back for being "less racist" than others.[/quote]

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