“Are salt and pepper racist? How everyday table spice could be adding to systemic racism.”
“We were on a home date because of the quarantine, you know? Everything was going well until I noticed he only put salt out on the table, no pepper. Didn’t even say anything about the lack of pepper. I’m a poc (quarter Sicilian), didn’t feel safe after that.”
"Think of the origin of pepper, of most spices, really. The spice trade was the gateway to European colonialism. The people of the salt have always wished to dominate the people of the spice, the pepper people."
"Next time you bite into a buffalo wing while watching the football on the television be conscious of the endless pain and death that were required to bring you that flavor. Feel bad about it, at least during the commercials. Go team."