Aloha, baby ... PC food police force another shutdown

Similar experience here ... We have an italian place run by two Mexicans and they do a fantastic job. 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the place is still packed. They recently opened a second store.

 

Then there's our local supermarket, which has a fresh sushi bar. All the products are made by non-Asians.

 

Where I grew up, there was a Mexican family that bought a German Mennonite restaurant. They had a buffet where one side was broasted chicken and mashed potatoes and the other side was rice, beans and enchiladas, etc.

It was delightful.

 

If there's an element of political correctness that is demanding Americans should not "appropriate" the culinary practices of other cultures and countries, then perhaps McDonald's and Burger King should shut down all of its overseas franchises. After all, those countries are appropriating American fast food.

 

When I lived in Vancouver in the mid-2000s there was always a stink about "authentic" sushi restaurants as many were owned and operated by Koreans. The hipster/foodie crowd that quite frequently leans left politically would use this to bash the food. Not a damn bit of difference between a piece of Red Salmon and a Dynamite Roll prepared by a person from Japan vs Korea. Fuck all these people. Cook whatever the hell you want.

One of my favorite chain pizza joints in the city is run by dudes from the Middle East who also do Shawarma and Donair out of the shop. Had a long talk while waiting for my pizza about how hungry the dude was because he had been fasting all day. A million interactions a day like these help bridge understanding. Again, fuck all these appropriation people.

 

I'm all for everyone cooking whatever they want.

Except the Greeks and their terrible pizza. Fuck them.

 

The best Italian food on my side of town is run by a guy from Turkey. The only wrinkle is that he tops the garden salads with a few pieces of shredded beets. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

 

In my wonderful hometown in ghetto eastern pa, there was inexplicably a pizza place run by a Korean family. I was a kid and never asked why.

 

I have a feeling the people complaining about Americans "appropriating" other cuisines would be very happy if McDonald's and Burger King shut down, for reasons that have nothing to do with cultural appropriation.

 

I think you're misrepresenting what the outcry was based on. It wasn't about a non-Poly person making Poly food.

Davidson said that residents of Polynesian ancestry, including those with the Oregon State University Asian and Pacific Cultural Center, complained about a combination of factors such as the use of a Hawaiian name, traditional iconography displayed in a cartoonish way, and how plastic leis were handed off to customers.

Sure seems to me that the outcry was about how their culture was presented, which was in a cartoonish way. I'm not even, necessarily, in support of the outcry, but at least get the source right.