Have y’all noticed younger Blacks don’t really fw Soul Food

[IllmaticDelta]

I'm 32 and the youngest person at my job by at least 15 years.

We had fish fry and all the black old heads including our boss was there when one guy asked me if I was gonna get some greens I said "Nah I don't eat greens", breh everybody stopped and stared at me with pure disgust.

Them nikkas was laughing and making jokes and shyt. I was high key offended.

 

[cjlaw93]

Soul Food "restaurant"?

Foh c00n

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Personally I just try to eat a healthier version of soul food. 80 percent of it is vegan anyway (collard greens, black eye peas, cabbage, Stuffing)

 

[Emoryal]

Foh c00n

Shut the fukk up bytch

 

[The Fade]

Damn just had some wings and things from Zaxbys

Then gonna hit up my other wing place tomorrow after the gym for that special

 

[videogamestashbox.com]

Let me guess OP isn't located in the south

 

[UNATTACHED]

Oh I know, you think after coming home from work, smoking a blunt or getting drunk a 25yr old breh gonna get in the kitchen? You think momma making baked fish, spinach and brown rice? Lol fukk nah. Most young cats be eating fast food like 4 or 5 days out the week and every hood got that chicken spot u can get like 6 wings and a shyt load of fries for like 5.99. shyt half the time that be a day worth of food.

Harold's

Babas

J&Js

 

[cjlaw93]

Let me guess OP isn't located in the south

Lived in MS, GA, SC my whole life breh

 

[MollyGalaga]

This would be considered creole but this shyt is fire

 

[SeveroDrgnfli]

It is a multi-layered issue. Soul food is very popular amongst non-black people of all ages, which is ironic because I see black people adopting veganism. Soul food is being re-branded and is being treated like Hip Hop. What I mean is it's being taken away from it's original presentation and being repackaged to be universally acceptable. It's expensive food. I hate to see non black people making money from it.

We need to reclaim our food, music, and style of dress. Eventually things will be rebranded so much that they're not ours anymore. For example when non black women date black men some of them start acting like they're black. Its fukking wild. The narrative becomes our culture being everyone's when it isn't. Black culture is for black people and we make the rules. If black children aren't eating black food it's because we haven't made it important.

Shout out to Brown Sugar Cafe in Oakland for restoring the feeling. Black people making black food in a black city. God bless that chef.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Their parents don't cook

this. kids/teens eat out a lot and by eating out I mean corner story shyt. the older ones might have a little $ and go to basic spots like Applebees and thats what they base their palette on

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Someone needs to hipsterize Soul Food. Pack the food in a small cardboard box and sell it from a food truck.

 

[AkilinaArina]

Yeah, I will say that soul food resteraunts generally all have the same vibe I would love to see a twist to your average soul food restaurant. We're in the social media age one good flick at a cool spot or one unique dish could change everything.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I’m all Atlanta and rarely see young people in Soul Food spots like that..now American Deli is another story

I won’t argue that. I’m not even saying younger people are ALWAYS in there. I’m saying I see them when I go and I’m rarely in those spots. Spots like American Deli are normally very packed though, or places like this local spot that serves tacos and stuff named Sabor

 

[im_sleep]

dude, too many people think soul food = fried meats. It's like they aren't aware of stewed meat and the various greens/veg dishes





they c00ning and/or on that hotep shyt

Real talk I question how a lot of these folks were raised.

Let them tell it, they must of grew up eating a plate full of chitlins garnished in fried chicken every night. No vegetables, no variety, no nothing.


I can’t see how someone can grow up in an AA family and talk about Soul Food in such a limiting way, shyt don’t compute to me.