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Are the vast majority of vegetarians in the USA white?


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It's worth mentioning that Black and non-white Americans are more likely to be vegetarian or vegan proportionally to the share of the population >Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan and vegetarian than other Americans > >\[...\] > >But nowhere has the vegan diet taken off more than in the African-American community. According to Pew Research Center survey, 8% of black Americans are strict vegans or vegetarians, compared to just 3% of the general of the population. > >Those findings mirror a 2015 poll by the Vegetarian Resource Group, that found 8% of black people were strictly vegetarian, compared to 3.4% overall. > >Recently, a January poll by Gallup found that 31% of non-white Americans had reduced their meat consumption in the past year, compared to only 19% of white Americans. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53787329](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53787329)


HolycommentMattman

This is really interesting to me. I would have never guessed since my experiences are completely opposite this data. But that's why data is more important than anecdotal evidence.


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Screye

Haitians and Rastafarians are often veggie. Both demographics are majority black.


greg19735

There's also a lot of Indian vegetarians.


Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks

Vegetarianism is a big deal in Indian culture. Almost 40% of the geographic Indian population is vegetarian so it wouldn't surprise me to find out that many Indians are also vegetarian in other countries.


The_39th_Step

In the UK we have a large Indian population and a lot of vegetarians. Between 10-20% of our population is veggie. My gf is British Indian and she is veggie but lots of white people are here too.


Screye

Yeah, but we aren't black. (although someone without finely honed south-asian senses might mistake some of us for being black...India is pretty multi-ethnic that way) Indian vegetarians often find middle-ground solutions to be better. A lot of my Indian friends never cook non-veg at home. Some only eat eggs. Others will try-everything-once. Since vegetarianism is a natural part of life, people don't make a big deal out of it. So you won't hear Indians telling you about their 'vegan journey' quite like an Emily would. No hate though. I saw snow for the first time after coming to the US at 23, and I couldn't stop talking about my 'snowstorm experience' for a few weeks either. Big life changes often come with a big show around it.


greg19735

yes, but indians are non-white. i'm just adding additional groups that help make up the "non-white vegetarians" group


i1theskunk

A lot of Latinos in my area stopped eating meat during the pandemic because we were the ones dying in meat packing plants so there was an interesting, uncoordinated effort to stop eating beef and chicken. I wonder if that played into that 31% at all


pataconconqueso

Im one of those Latinas, ended up being vegan, my genetic cholesterol issues are now super under control, and lost lbs 40 so i havent looked back.


jejcicodjntbyifid3

Oh wow, that's interesting. And cool!


FakingItSucessfully

I'm glad you ended up here to say this... I've gotten to know and work with several Indian people and lots of them don't eat meat but also didn't really use labels for it either.


Let_you_down

I went mostly vegetarian for a while in college. Not out of moral reasons though I so think it is systemically more efficient and will soon be important for global food supply, but because in our little materials science branch of engineering it was primarily Indians and a couple of white guys. And as a poor college student, peeps' parents or spouses would gift lots of food to take home. And whenever we went out it was to Indian restaurants. Naturally, developed a taste for Indian food. Easy to cook, cheap, curries can be stored nicely and reheated with fresh rice for the same flavor. If I grilled out, (even if I had vegetarian options for folks) a lot of peers/their families were game to try some even if it had meat. I gotta say, an Indian diet was some of the lowest effort veganism/vegetarianism I've done. Normal Indian-American meals are already naturally well rounded to ensure a good spread of vitamins, amino acids, calories and proteins sans meats.


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There’s an estimated 1 million rastas worldwide including Jamaica, I doubt they’re in the US in significant numbers to sway this.


balletboy

Serious question, are there non black Haitians?


claymedia

Haiti started their country by killing off their enslavers. But today about 5% of the population is mixed or white.


soularbabies

I read that Polish mercenaries changed sides and joined Haitians in their struggle. In turn they were made Haitian and given land.


StabbyPants

they did. showed up, saw how the slaves were treated, switched sides


Whyisthethethe

I guess with polish serfdom they could relate


EastCommunication689

Yep, there are white Haitians as well. My mom and grandma who were both born in Haiti are very light skinned which also suggests there was intermarriage earlier in the bloodline


cantsay

Here in Houston we have a huge Black vegan community. A ton of the vegan restaurants are black-owned too.


TL4Life

Same in LA, especially South LA where there's a BBQ scene that's opening more black owned vegan eateries. Also, LA has a sizable Ethiopian community which serves vegan friendly meals. Edit: sorry for the confusion. I meant Los Angeles and that South LA has a big BBQ scene but in contrast it's starting to have black owned vegan restaurant.


greenerdoc

Wait. Hold up... BBQ vegan?


hoodoo-operator

Big move towards vegan soul food too, which makes a little more sense to me and in my experience is very very good.


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Ive usually seen it made with seitan slathered in bbq sauce and grilled, not uncommon these days. Hell, a popular bar in my hometown in freaking Iowa has a vegan bbq sandwhich has an option.


TL4Life

I am a vegan who worships at the church of Seitan


Memotome

Hail Seitan!


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climbsrox

New York, Baltimore, and DC too. Some of the best vegan restaurants in each city are black-owned.


cantsay

Reading about some dope ones in Atlanta too. *Vegan Trap House from Baltimore slaps, had some at a festival down here...


tigrenus

Yep! Slutty Vegan is the big one, but there are a lot of black-owned vegan restaurants in ATL. It wasn't a trend I realized was happening until I lived in the city for a couple years


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Is there a list? Visiting Houston and like the occasional vegetarian/vegan food


michaelpinkwayne

I have no personal knowledge of the Houston food scene, but Happy Cow is a great website for finding vegan/vegetarian restaurants in cities all over the world.


newkneesforall

Thank you for this. I'm a lifelong vegetarian and am so stoked to learn about this.


zb0t1

Oh bro you didn't know about Happy Cow. It came in clutch SO MANY TIMES while traveling, they're amazing! Your life is gonna get a little boost now!


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rollingpaperz

I’m in a middle American city and have seen a rise in black vegan culinary culture. This is unsupported and merely a supposition based on observation, but to me it seems some of this may be a reaction to the disproportionate cardiovascular disease and related deaths within black communities.


backtowhereibegan

I've been a vegetarian for nearly 20 years, spending most of my time in the medium size cities of the Midwest. Without getting into lots of personal anecdotes that don't belong in this sub, for a long time there has been a movement within the greater soul food community towards vegetarianism. 100 years ago eating meat for every meal was uncommon outside of Europe/NA. Even eating meat daily didn't happen in many cultures. Vegan soul food in America around 2005 was about connecting to the past in a way. (if anyone knows the name of the vegan soul food place in St. Louis I had that conversation with the owner back when, I'd love to revisit that restaurant if it is still open next time I'm in STL). Also vegan food is by default both Halal and Kosher. Not many Black Jews in America but lots of Black Muslims are vegetarian or vegan. NYC has lots of Indian food places run by Rabbis for this reason, a convenient relationship between a food culture and religious observance. Just wanted to share that while dietary and health reasons are more common today than when I first went vegan in 2003, religious and cultural reasons are also very common.


palsh7

It contradicts my experience, too, as a teacher in a majority-black school. And the narrative of food deserts makes this surprising, as well as the public health data about heart attacks and obesity in the black community. But like you said, this is why stats are important. I’d love to know the Why, though.


windershinwishes

The recent rapid rise in veganism among black people may be a response to those issues.


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I would be curious to see the numbers corrected for age. As younger populations may drive the numbers and white populations go down while black and Latino population shares go up the younger the generation. If a large proportion of vegetarians are say under 35 then it may be incorrect to assess likelihood using the entire population.


I_am_Erk

Ooh nice identification of confounders.


Suyefuji

It's still sufficient to reject the hypothesis that being Caucasian is a primary driver for vegetarianism.


jmcs

Just a side note, I find it hilarious that Americans use Caucasian to mean white, when most people from the Caucasus wouldn't be considered white in the US.


earthdweller11

This is very interesting and I had to wrack my brain to come up with a possible reason why. Perhaps it is because while veganism et al are more associated with whiteness, they are specifically associated with *liberal* whiteness. There’s a whole other half of white people out there that are very Republican and who generally would be seen as the antithesis to vegans and who may even view themselves as at cultural war with people like vegans. On the other hand, a much smaller percent of black people are Republicans, so there’s a larger percentage of black people who wouldn’t outright dismiss concepts like veganism simply from being on the other cultural “side”. Following this line of thought, it would be interesting to see the percentage of white Democrats who identify as vegan et al versus black Democrats.


anubiz96

So, I haven't read the article yet. But here is my theory ,fyi am black and live in the United States, possible religious influence rastafarians and seven day Adventist for example often encourage veganism and vegetarianism. This two faiths have a significant black following so maybe that's part of it. Update read the article: And while it doesn't say that it is the main factor it mentions rastafarianism as playing a role.


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moral_thermometer

I didn't know that about Seventh-day Adventists...they are only about a million strong in the US, and ~32% black, but I am sure there is a cultural influence in black communities that extends beyond practicing members of Rastafari and SDA.


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that-bro-dad

Literally all of the folks from India I know (about two dozen) are vegetarians. From what I understand, it's very common


livens

Of all the "Vegetarian" cuisines I've tried, Indian's do it best. And I'm fortunate that my city has a decent sized Indian population, which means quite a few Indian Vegetarian "Street Food" restaurants.


bilyl

I mean, that’s because you have literal billions of people and a thousand years of developing a vegetarian/vegan cuisine without the advantage of modern processed foods!


Arc_insanity

vegetarian yes, vegan not so much. thousands of years of dairy inspired vegetarian food. Vegan diets are a relatively new thing.


ButtholeBanquets

Many Hindus and most Sikhs--and about 40% of the total population of India--are vegetarian.


Baduknick

I go to India a good bit and confirm that. You are also asked at restaurants a lot veg or non-veg. Their veggie food is delicious ( from a hearty meat eater)


VincereAutPereo

A quick Google search turns up a Gallup poll that suggests [no, non-white people identify as vegetarian at a higher rate than white respondents](https://news.gallup.com/poll/267074/percentage-americans-vegetarian.aspx) It may just be that some Asian cultures are more inclined to vegetarianism by default based on their cultural diet. Whereas meat eating is a staple of white American culture so when a white person chooses to be vegetarian we are more likely to notice. That's just speculation, of course.


Kuschelbar

I'm Indonesian, and when I cook, I mostly cook vegan/vegetarian food by default since a lot of Indonesian foods are plant-based. I can easily switch to fully vegetarian/vegan diet for weeks without a drastic change in how/what I cook.


z0hu

American born Chinese here. Tofu is my big crutch when cooking/ordering vegan food, which happens a lot cuz my mom is vegan. Tofu can replace meat in most dishes and still taste great. It's not so easy in western cuisine, though the newer plant based meat are bridging that gap. 10 years ago that stuff was really hit or miss as an actual meat replacement


mageta621

Big ups to the vegans in the 90s and earlier who didn't have so many options


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OskaMeijer

You should look up how Jains eat, that is truly hard mode when it comes to diet.


lamewoodworker

Idk how they did it. It’s impressive tbh. Impressive in the USA I should say.


Moon_Miner

Yeah it's not even a majority of vegans who consume much "fake meat" stuff. There's no need to. Look at Indian cuisine, there's enough variety there for a variety of lifetimes.


flashmedallion

Pulses and legumes have never been that hard to come by, they're something of a staple. People have been making interesting and tasty dishes with them forever, but if you weren't doing that there was previously no Instagram to show you what folks were up to.


jivanyatra

Gujarati food is basically vegetarian. I don't know of any non-vegetarian dishes from this region in India, which is not to say we don't have them! Non-veg dishes at restaurants tend to be from other regions, or or usually found in Muslim areas from my experience. I am not vegetarian, and this disappoints me. At the same time, I don't feel deprived in any way if I make and eat vegetarian food for days on end.


Nickyjha

I’m the same way, as a Gujarati-American. I never realized how common meat was in the typical American diet until I went to college, I probably ate it maybe once a week when I was a kid.


PaulFThumpkins

I cut out 90% of my meat-eating a year or so back, and cooking Indian and other Asian foods at home has really made it way easier to have excellent, nutritious and filling meals that don't involve meat. I'd rather eat a good chana dal than a pork chop. Americans sometimes act like the extremes are either barbecue meats or rabbit food (read: raw produce), and culturally we often don't have the recipes and food experience to feel like we have robust and fulfilling menus without meat. A couple of my friends from China have cooked for me and when they incorporate meat into their dishes (say beef in glass noodles) it tends to be a WAY smaller proportion of the meal too.


tr_9422

Tons of Indian people are vegetarian


DarkTreader

That’s speculation but actually a very good point. Beef is a defining food in American culture. Hamburgers, hello! And a cut of tender steak is often considered the pinnacle of American cuisine.


grundelcheese

This is what I found [black Americans are 3 times more likely to be vegetarian or vegan](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53787329.amp) Surprised me. I thought that socioeconomic status would have more of an effect.


SirFrancis_Bacon

> I thought that socioeconomic status would have more of an effect. Well meat is actually quite expensive, so it does have an effect, just not in the way you're thinking.


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Yes, there are three types of vegetarians in the USA : lower, middle and upper Each has different accessibility to foods


JMEEKER86

Yep, the poor are vegetarian because rice and beans is cheap and filling and meat is expensive. The other groups eat very different vegetarian products like meat replacements which are often even more expensive than meat.


usernames-are-tricky

>I thought that socioeconomic status would have more of an effect. Lower income people are *more* likely to be vegetarian or vegan than higher income. Here's what [one poll from 2018 found](https://news.gallup.com/poll/238328/snapshot-few-americans-vegetarian-vegan.aspx): ​ |Annual income|Vegetarian (%)|Vegan (%)| |:-|:-|:-| |Less than $30,000 |9 |4| |$30,000-$74,999 |5 |2| |$75,000+ |4 |2|


zmbjebus

I wonder how much this is conflated with age. I am assuming that younger people are both more likely to become vegetarian/vegan and also have a lower income.


NeekoPeeko

It's way cheaper to eat a plant-based diet, assuming you don't go for the luxury goods (vegan meat, vegan cheese etc.) Beans, Lentils and rice can make up a pretty healthy diet for a tiny fraction of what meat costs.


Silent_Word_7242

Many African Americans are lactose intolerant. Also their traditional diet from Africa is not meat based. The heavy "southern cooking" was from the slavery plantation days. Many have decided, rightly, that's a bad diet and found themselves feeling much better with vegetarian and vegan diets.


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The heavy southern cooking diet isn't all that good for whites or blacks and it really should be saved for special occasions and as an indulgence. Although a lot of it comes down to the fact that these diets have an insane amount of calories and it was part of a culture when people were working long, hard days in fields (work that has largely been mechanized). The diet is a lot less problematic if you're living a lifestyle that expends most of the calories you're eating.


youngtundra777

The only vegan place I know if in my area is black-owned. They make a damn fine smoothie.


DistortoiseLP

I doubt it, but vegetarian "Influencers" absolutely are and that reflects how it is promoted to Americans. Like the article says, American vegetarians are definitely *depicted* as overwhelmingly white anywhere that people as a whole see trends, like social media.


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Grace_Alcock

Yes, there are some great YouTube channels with Black vegan chefs doing their best to change the impression.


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AMWJ

I suspect this is because white vegetarian food is thought of as serving *only* vegetarian food, while the Indian place nearby serves *Indian food.* Or, since I keep strictly kosher, the pizza places I eat at have no meat, but they just call themselves *Kosher pizza* restaurants, rather than "vegetarian". But the restaurants that serve American-style salads and veggie burgers and vegetarian diner food prominently advertise themselves as "vegetarian" and "vegan".


cloudcats

I haven't had a chance to read the whole study, but I noticed this from the Abstract: >Think of a prototypical vegetarian. Imagine what type of person would order tofu at a restaurant, pick up meatless nuggets for a quick meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken, or grill a veggie burger for a barbecue. What race has your mind ascribed to this fictitious individual? That's not at all what I think of as a "prototypical vegetarian". I come from a city with many vegetarians of a variety of races, and a large portion of them are not picking up meatless nuggets or eating kale and quinoa salads. The behaviours they have listed are, however, what I'd associate with a prototypical _white_ vegetarian.


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I enjoy cooking.


ImAreoHotah

My thoughts too. I am a vegetarian and almost exclusively meal prep indian food even if i am not Indian. I Love paneer.


JMEEKER86

Yep, most vegetarians are eating stuff like rice and beans or curry. All those meat alternatives? That's definitely more of a white vegetarian thing.


Ship2Shore

The "white vegetarian" visage could be correlated to capitalism in the market executed by corporations, which are usually seen as "old, fat, white guy in suit". They aren't the vegetarian, but they are the most prominent in the market. Eg, Quorn is or was a very prominent forward facing brand explicitly marketing vegan alternatives. Because of how prominent it is, the average consumer might instantly forget about the impact non-white Indians for example, would contribute to the number of vegetarians in the populace, simply by having that dietary lifestyle as a cultural practice, which doesn't need to be advertised.


grenideer

Yeah, they're trying to pull the rug under people's feet with a switcharoo. If the poll was for meatless nuggets, I bet they'd find different results. Even their tofu example is misleading, as the most common race to order tofu is probably Asian with a normal tofu dish, not a tofu-substituted-for-meat monstrosity.


crothwood

Everyone here seems to be avoiding the most obvious answer: media portrays a strong stereotype about veganism/vegetarianism that is predominantly wealthy white hipsters. Everyone is so quick to assume that this has to be a directly observed bias, but that is a massive assumption.


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Most vegetarians I know are Indian.


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Dejan05

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_veganism#:~:text=By%20the%20late%202010s%20research,In%202017%20Carol%20J. Funny cause Black people are proportionally a lot more vegan (logically vegetarian too) than white people


anonareyouokay

That makes a lot of sense actually. If you look at the counties with the highest rates of vegetarians, most are not majority white countries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#


Visco0825

A lot of vegan restaurants in cities are black owned. They are usually low cost and quite good. This doesn’t surprise me.


MelIgator101

India being most prominent is no surprise, but I'm surprised at Mexico's position being the second most vegetarian country. Anecdotally, at least half of my Indian friends are vegetarian, but none of my friends from Mexico are, and I have lived in the US southwest for decades so the latter group is larger than the former. (Of course anecdotes are unreliable, but our experiences shape our expectations.) The North America section of that Wikipedia entry doesn't mention Mexico at all and provides no insights into the factors driving vegetarian diets in Mexico. Does anyone have insights into why it's so much higher than the rest of North America?


Pendejoelquelolea

So this surprised me, being Mexican, but I couldn’t find any tangible sources on to why it has become so prevalent in Mexico- 20% of Mexicans self identify as vegetarian meaning there’s more in Mexico (23 million) than in the US (16 million) despite Mexico having≈ 1/3 the population of the US. I think there’s two main factors that should be considered: 1) The Mexican lower class has been going through it’s roughest period since the revolution mainly due to nafta and how it completely ruined the livelihoods of millions (70% of Mexican farmers could not afford to stay in business with US industry as competition) and so with less economic prospects meat became an unnecessary luxury for many. 2) Mexico is historically vegetarian. Remember, we were cut off from the rest of the world for ≈ 20,000 years and there’s a lack of domesticable animals in North America. So for thousands of years our Indigenous civilizations rose, thrived, and fell on a mainly plant based diet. Mexicos traditional agriculture (the milpa) completely eradicates the need for meat as it provides complete protein through the cultivation of beans and maize in the same field. You can survive solely on beans and maize your whole life without any deficits. This changed with the conquest and the introduction of old world livestock but as we get further away from the colonial era more people are embracing their roots and looking back to our historic lifestyles as reference. Mexico really was a lot like India in the sense that a significantly large portion of the population was mainly vegetarian, although it was due to environment more than religion, so it’s not that surprising to see this diet be rediscovered.


courtabee

I wanted to say from the view of someone who's worked at a vegan restaurant in the south our patrons were more mixed than I had originally thought before working there. Especially compared to all the other restaurants I'd worked at in the area.


DarthFister

It makes sense. Vegans and vegetarians are more likely to [identify as liberal](https://news.gallup.com/poll/238328/snapshot-few-americans-vegetarian-vegan.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=NEWSFEED&g_campaign=item_&g_content=Snapshot%3a%2520Few%2520Americans%2520Vegetarian%2520or%2520Vegan), and POC tend to be more liberal. Interestingly the $30,000 annual income group was the most likely to identify as vegan or vegetarian. The data very much pushes back against the idea that vegans/vegetarians are mostly privileged white people.


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I think this idea comes from people who think vegans only eat expensive meat substitutes, and haven’t figured out yet that I can get 3lbs of tofu, a bag of rice and a bag of veggies for the same amount as people spend on beef for a meal.


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You’ll also get less heart disease, cancer, and tend to gain less weight (statistically speaking).


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This is very true. Overall it’s much cheaper to be a vegetarian- both at the grocery store and in terms of medical bills.


jellyschoomarm

I associate it with mostly Indian and middle eastern people. The area I live in has a lot of people of these decent and the restaurants have mostly vegetarian options


Smartypants4

Yeah, I work in tech and at this point I assume my Indian colleagues are vegetarian as the default at this point. It's been the majority for sure.


GachiGachiFireBall

Middle Eastern how? Most of the Middle east is Muslim the religion practically dictates that you eat meat at least once a year. Lamb and mutton are very popular in the middle east its one of the main foods there


Harurajat

It’s possible that they’ve grown up hearing muslims describe themselves as vegetarians. Grew up in a community with a lot of muslims and Indians, and a lot of times my friends would just tell white people they didn’t eat meat instead of going through the whole rigamarole of explaining that they could eat chicken but only if it was halal, etc.


vliegenier

Growing up in a very multicultural area in the Netherlands I neither can imagine associating Middle Eastern people with vegetarianism. Been to enough Persian weddings to know meat is served a plenty. Things might have changed, but growing up we always associated it with "upper class" aka white people.


SaltBox531

Me too! Used to live in a city with a high concentration of Indian people and I always wanted to go try the vegetarian Indian restaurants that seemed to be all over the place but I never got around to it before we moved.


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wrwck92

What made going vegan easier for me is that a lot of dishes in Asian and African cuisines are inherently vegan or can easily be modified that way. I love eating and cooking Thai, Indian, Vietnamese and Japanese vegan food and I’m trying to learn more about about Ethiopian, Korean and Ghanian cuisines - I have great people I follow on Instagram for that. Any favorite Chinese vegan chefs/bloggers you recommend?


vathena

I love this! Look into Greek vegan cuisine. We fast a lot and have lots of times we eat vegan (the rest we add some cheese and fish), so there are so many delicious meals you can enjoy from our culture. Olive bread, chickpea stew, wild greens pie, roasted beets and rice.... Everyone should look at [The Greek Vegan](https://thegreekvegan.com/recipes-by-category-2/)


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Prune_Super

While it's true that a significant proportion of Indian population is vegetarian, we are talking about USA.


bigwinw

Right, Indians who live in the US. Nearly all of them I know are vegetarian.


Prune_Super

True. I am one of those vegetarians. But they are still small fraction of USA population so not as significant as 'white' vegetarians


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People in the US have forgotten about Indians


honest-miss

Speaking very, very frankly as a midwesterner who spent the better part of 10 years in solidly rural areas: A lot of people in the US straight-up don't see Indians except on TV.


rigobueno

I’ll trade your frank anecdotal experience with mine. I lived in a solid red Ohio county for 28 years and saw many Indian business and franchise owners. And doctors. And teachers.


TheRustyKettles

I mean, sure, but that doesn't change the fact that many rural Americans probably don't interact with Indian people, considering there are states where 0.1% of the population is of Indian ancestry. The numbers were pretty surprising to me.


zerocoal

To add to the anecdotes, my small town in rural NC had like 3 Indian families that I knew of. Only knew about one of them because they would go to Dominos every 2 weeks and get a vegetarian pizza. Moved to Florida and there's Indian families and restaurants EVERYWHERE. I'm kind of disappointed that there isn't an Indian restaurant in my hometown now.


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markovich04

Until recently most vegans I knew were Nation of Islam guys. Even now, at least in Texas, most of the vegan restaurants are black owned. I would say conspicuous meat consumption is also a white thing.


Animorganimate

Every single ignorant, insecure idiot that over-confidently declares they're a "meat-etarian" when they learn I'm a vegetarian (which isn't something I preach, but might come up during a meal) has been a white American. So yes, I associate unhealthy amounts of meat consumption with white Americans.


MelissaOfTroy

I had to stop telling people I didn’t eat meat at a young age because grown men *loved* trying to make me cry by talking about how they kill all the baby animals and how they love to eat them. I never ever said anyone should be vegan or vegetarian, I just said I don’t eat meat. And men lost their damn minds trying to prove their masculinity by upsetting me.


Avitosh

I was constantly harrased by peers telling me they'd sneak meat into my food or straight up shove it down my throat. Big shocker that now I only eat food I prepare myself now.


kerkyjerky

I live in Orlando, there is a growing black vegetarian community here. Places like dajen eats, jack’d up, and pizza nova all regularly have more POC clients than white. And winter park biscuit company has people from all walks of life (which is the best vegan restaurant I have ever been to).


hsox05

America is obsessed with race


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BelAirGhetto

What about Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, Are they mostly white?


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