Why is Africa viewed as a monolith in terms of everything…
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Why is Africa viewed as a monolith in terms of everything
This isn’t anything new, but recently I’ve been seeing more videos of people “trying African food” while disrespecting dishes from specific countries. Africa is a **continent,** every country and region has its own food, traditions, and history. So why do people keep referring to the entire continent as if it’s one culture?
It’s not just food either. People constantly say things like “African culture”, “African clothes” or “African music”, you don’t see people casually referring to “North American food” or “European clothes” as if those continents are culturally uniform. If I said “North American food,” most people would probably ask, wtf is that? So why is that level of ignorance considered acceptable when it comes to Africa?
#local
This isn’t anything new, but recently I’ve been seeing more videos of people “trying African food” while disrespecting dishes from specific countries. Africa is a **continent,** every country and region has its own food, traditions, and history. So why do people keep referring to the entire continent as if it’s one culture?
It’s not just food either. People constantly say things like “African culture”, “African clothes” or “African music”, you don’t see people casually referring to “North American food” or “European clothes” as if those continents are culturally uniform. If I said “North American food,” most people would probably ask, wtf is that? So why is that level of ignorance considered acceptable when it comes to Africa?
#local
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