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what do you guys think it will take for the black community to recongnize the importance of a mostly vegan/ vegatarian diet?
When it seems that black american food culture is saturated with a primarily flesh diet. I have tried to teach the importance of eating a healthy array of living foods to other blacks, but it seems to scare them.
When it seems that black american food culture is saturated with a primarily flesh diet. I have tried to teach the importance of eating a healthy array of living foods to other blacks, but it seems to scare them.
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Re: why veg
05/25Agreed and disagreed. We definitely need to raise awareness about the health benefits and socioeconomic ramifications of a vegan diet, but I have a small issue with the phrase "Popularize Vegan foods." The implication in that phrase is that we can push "vegan foods" as processed products in pretty packages, like Tae Bo or Pet Rocks, but part of the health value in a vegan diet is fresh/clean (genetically unmodified), whole, unprocessed foods. There is real danger in mass marketing veganism in that the health benefits and necessity for balance may be lost amidst the flashiness required to make it palatable to the general public.
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Re: why veg
11/01the last thing we need to do is "popularize" vegan foods. why not? because we already have tobacco companies making soy milk as it is. popularize means commericialize, which in turns means lower quality and muddled standards for organic certification (as if they couldnt be more muddle now)
we need to lead by humble, ENDURING and quiet example. be consistent be polite, and demonstrate by getting sick less, staying lean more often, and displaying greater self control over our emotions and mental capacity - all of which are possible on both vegetarian and vegan diets.
no preaching. no popular culture. or we will have 50cent selling Old English Veggie Burgers this time next year. and Olodumare knows, I am two steps away from catching a case if I see that buffon's face on another product. especially one that is vegan. lol -
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04/11i agree with this. when i was a strict vegetarian i just lead by example. i explained to my family if they decided to have dinner at my place there would be vegetarian dishes for them to try. they enjoyed them and ask for them many times now. when i visited friends or family i would request some food options for myself or prepare food of my own to bring along. many of those around me saw the health benefits from my vegetarian diet and began to ask questions. i'd answer questions and provide various resources for those interested.
that's how i got my family to think twice about a lot of processed foods and meat filled diets. now that i'm getting strict again about my diet i plan on being that humble example again. for my family and friends. the knowledge is out there. we just need to be made aware of where to look.
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Re: why veg
11/02i think for a lot of our communities there are issues of food justice involved -- people have a hard time accessing affordable whole foods. if you are economically challenged, getting whole foods on a regular basis can be very hard, considering the fact that they have to be refreshed regularly and that most of the stores that carry them exist outside of low income communities. this leads to the food budget including additional time (above and beyond what one would use to shop within the community) and the additional expense of gas and bus fare. these are practical realities that none of us can ignore. i think when we just have to keep doing what you are doing in talking to each other from a place of love and understanding those things that make it a challenge. when i'm talking to my family, i try to have various ways to transfer the info on hand. there are some good documentaries out there -- that talk about the history of food injustice and some of the forced migrations away from farms and growing our own food. thankfully, there are people who see the disparities in access to healthy food and are working actively to change it, but just like many issues related to us -- it's a long haul. the most well received education sometimes comes from black folks to other black folks -- so keep doing what you're doing. and thank you for starting this thread! here are some links people might find useful...
www.foodsecurity.org/california/ summit04-panel-landreform.PDF
www.blackcommentator.com/70/70_f...ice.html
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Re: why veg
11/04You are completely on point. Its worth mentioning that in my nonprofit work I find that agencies and funding sources that deal w/ Food Security would love to work in our communities. But we are either not "there yet" conceptually or we dont truly understand the health crisis going on.
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Re: why veg
05/18Peace brother Jeremy:
That's a great question. Thank you for asking.
I feel personally that it'll take a lot of education. We'd have to de-learn what we've been taught since we were introduced to the American/European diet and/or forced to eat the scraps from former slave owners plates.
It would take years and years of de-learning this way of life however.
One major thing is that in order for a lot of us Nubian folks to stop eating the way we do, White people would have to change also - since we learn and follow them for the most part.
i.e. If some White people say it's okay not to eat meat and preach this gospel through the media, then a lot of us would begin to think the same. Funny how that is.
It's all about education in the long run.
As long as we continue to teach and reach, some change should come.
In peace,
Christopher Donshale a.k.a. UniverSouLove
Black Vegan
