It started with a TikTok video of a woman responding to complaints that she needs to season her chicken. It ended with the claim that white people don’t season their food because of historic racism.
Twitter user, TheHoneyMa, explained that white people don’t season food essentially because rich white people thought it was beneath them because brown people seasoned their food to cover the lower-quality food available to them. She summed it up as:
‘So basically white ppl don’t season their food bc their ancestors thought seasoning was for poor ppl & brown ppl. Lol’
White ppl not seasoning their food actually rly is based in racism & classism lol.
The reason white ppl don’t season food is bc historically, rich white ppl began to think seasoning was for brown ppl who had to season their food bc they couldn’t afford better tasting meat. They… https://t.co/WVoCNjmozN
— I do not want this dumb ass checkmark (@TheHoneyMa) March 18, 2023
A simple Google search reveals this topic has been discussed repeatedly in media, but it seems the question of seasoning has a complicated history from class differences (as she suggested), food quality and availability (e.g., during The Great Depression), food safety, and even food trends.
In other words, the manner in which people season their food varies over time and culture based on many influences, which brings us back to the problem other Twitter users had with this tweet:
Why do people think white people don’t season their food now? LOL!
This editor is Pope hat white and enjoys him some salt, pepper, habanero sauce, thyme, cilantro, cumin … well, you get the idea.
As you might have guessed, the responses from Twitter were quite flavorful.
This take is so dumb, I don’t know which way to mock it.
Do I mock the inherent inferiority complex that is a hallmark of “X is rooted in racism”?
Do I mock the lack of white people who don’t season their food?
Do I mock the NPR article?
So many choices… https://t.co/VD2zsOabX2
— Dr Strangetweet is out (@lone_rides) March 19, 2023
Yes. The answer is ‘yes’.
https://twitter.com/TheHoneyMa/status/1637325111622762497?s=20
Apparently the bland white people peppering her replies are only doing so because she’s not a white ginger dude.
We didn’t realize she wasn’t white until we saw this tweet in her thread. We initially thought she was likely a white 65-ish-year-old academic, sporting her old AC/DC concert outfit in her profile pic. You can’t blame us, profile pics are small if you don’t view the profile directly.
Anyway, it seems a bit prejudiced to assume white people today don’t season their food or only attack bad food takes if they come from people of color.
I'm so confused…https://t.co/KR8gnKQtCd
— Monika (@MonikaMusing) March 19, 2023
You’re racist if you don’t season your food, and you’re racist if you organize the seasonings you don’t use. LOL!
I'm all for calling out *harmful* racism, but do some of you literally never have a day off? Jesus
— Lewis (@L_A_D_J) March 19, 2023
It never stops.
I guess you missed the hundreds of years of trade and exploration that Europeans did precisely to obtain spices.
— Cryssie Adams (@CryssieGA) March 19, 2023
They were appropriating other cultures.
Definitely true. They will deny it til the end so they won't seem racist. https://t.co/kE70pmoEmA
— Elle Elle Jones (@allcurledup) March 19, 2023
This user shared an NPR article explaining some of the history of food seasonings, but the racists will probably deny what it says. (It says nothing about racism.)
But white people do season their food. I don’t know what you’re on about.
— That Goddamned Finkelstein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) March 19, 2023
That’s what we’re saying.
‘But white people in the middle ages … ‘
Excuse me, this ain’t the middle ages, pass the salt and pepper.
11 herbs and spices ain’t enough for y’all? pic.twitter.com/3WXpGGsbLb
— Luther Broadsword (@Broadsword_Luke) March 19, 2023
LOLOLOL!
— Nonya Damnbusiness🐻 (@iball) March 19, 2023
Fine. If you want to blame modern white people for food evils, we’ll give you pumpkin spice.
Guys, I thought long and hard and I think I've come up with another way average every day normal things are racist and oppressing everyone.
— Minty Dog ◦ 🅐🅡🅣🅢 (@SuperMintyDog) March 19, 2023
Wait until tomorrow. Ha!
Vote for me as president and I will immediately fully ban all forms of social media https://t.co/lXaeCAWWv9
— JackMerius tacktheratrix(back2back champs UGA)🇺🇸 (@SalvatoretheK) March 19, 2023
Bwahaha!
This is nonsense. Historically, spices were very expensive – poor people couldn’t afford then. https://t.co/B1R2DnTymm
— Coder, A CoderDyne Account (@CoderInCrisis) March 19, 2023
According to the NPR article, once they became widely available to the lower classes, the rich people then started a pure food taste fad. Rich people have been trying to set themselves apart from the rest of us for all of human history (see the Oscars). It’s not new, and it hardly means white people don’t season their food now.
White folks seasoning their food must be cultural appropriation.
Thus, white people are racist if they don’t season and racist if they do.
Soooo…white people = racist https://t.co/vig4szzWnz— Independent Fact Checker SiggmaK (@Siggmak) March 19, 2023
Nailed it.
"People making food in a way I dont like is racism." https://t.co/rSP5vWhn0h
— Sensurround (@BBC_dip) March 19, 2023
What if non-white people spice up their foods because they’re racist against white people and their reportedly bland food?
Anyone ever thought of that??? (No, because that would be dumb.)
It's actually bigotry on your part to suggest that "white people don't season their food".
I'm white.
I season my food like a freaking spice queen.
Your argument is ridiculous and based on a bigoted fantasy.
Do better. https://t.co/iRj8cHTxQM— George Wept (@GeorgeWept) March 19, 2023
White people getting spicy in the replies. LOL.
"White people don't season their food"
*laughs at you in cajun* https://t.co/9E7UdUp8fA
— Shuck (@LaBeardGuy) March 19, 2023
We gha-rawn-tee!
Medieval European kings after suddenly no longer using the spices they conquered the world to obtain because poor people use onion powder sometimes. https://t.co/YrJP4AN8vQ pic.twitter.com/DoGEyUsswE
— ManletKing☩ (@TheManlet_King) March 19, 2023
LOL. Okay, folks, our plain boiled chicken breast is ready. Gotta go.
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