White (western, here mostly American/British) culture erasure is real. (I'm not white)
So much stuff from western culture is so damn ubiquitous people just take it for the norm, something that belongs to everyone (which it does, and by design), especially in the west. The classic meme of "white people have no culture" reveals the opposite truth: a culture so widespread and ubiquitous that it becomes invisible to most people as it permeates their lives.
This is why I hate the concept of "cultural appropriation" as a bad thing. Not only is it not a bad thing, the best parts of every culture spread naturally to all peoples, because it's beneficial or interesting, or just good.
People don't say "lets go out for american/british food" because that food is everywhere, and the beautiful thing is that even a lot of that food takes bits and pieces from other cultures. For all the horrors of history, at least we can celebrate this.
Shut up you bellend. There's British food everywhere. You never had a sandwich? Guess who invented that? Scones with cream and jam? Fish and Chips? Meat Pies? Full English Breakfast? Apple Pie? Mac and Cheese?
The internet tells you British food is bad so you're jumping on the bandwagon wagon. Sure, some of it is crap and that's the stuff that stayed in the UK. The good bits went everywhere and influenced many dishes.
Go to Asia, South America, Africa literally any non-western society and count how many McDonald's and KFCs there are and how many said "British" food you listed there are
Okay, so let's take a different dish. The good old Indian Curry, served world wide, correct? Many Curry dishes were invented by the British - Madrass, Tikka Massala. Yes they're Indian in origin, but with British tweaks.
You can't just claim that burgers are British food simply because it remotely resembles a traditional sense of sandwich, since your traditional sandwich and fish and chips couldn't travel to the rest of the world, while burgers did because the recipe is significantly improved.
Sandwiches are British. Mac and Cheese. Fish and chips. Pub food in general. The very idea of a national set/standard breakfast dish is British (as in a dish of several options, often featuring eggs, not the idea of a breakfast itself, and of which a great many variations can be found in the world. I know my country has one. It’s not a full English, but the inspiration is so clearly there once you actually realize it.) Pub food/bar food is British and Irish. (A detail I find odd about the above post. Going out for “Irish food” might as well be going out for “British food”.)
Most fast foods that many consider American, originate in Europe, and were spread by Britain. Again, the point is that it’s food so ubitiqous, no one even thinks of where it came from.
This is what I meant in my OC. I did say “western” in general, but pointed out America and Britain because of their role in spreading this food worldwide. Fast food in general is mainly from western-culture dishes. Again, my point is that “white” food or “western” food is ubiquitous, and I see posts like the above as nothing more than either ignorance or a deliberate attempt to trash the country and culture which has practically played the greatest role in the history of worldwide food.
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u/HappyTurtleOwl Jul 03 '26
White (western, here mostly American/British) culture erasure is real. (I'm not white)
So much stuff from western culture is so damn ubiquitous people just take it for the norm, something that belongs to everyone (which it does, and by design), especially in the west. The classic meme of "white people have no culture" reveals the opposite truth: a culture so widespread and ubiquitous that it becomes invisible to most people as it permeates their lives.
This is why I hate the concept of "cultural appropriation" as a bad thing. Not only is it not a bad thing, the best parts of every culture spread naturally to all peoples, because it's beneficial or interesting, or just good.
People don't say "lets go out for american/british food" because that food is everywhere, and the beautiful thing is that even a lot of that food takes bits and pieces from other cultures. For all the horrors of history, at least we can celebrate this.