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Hopi is next to Navajo land. If they don't want to serve whites food in exchange for money, they're welcome not to do so. In a few more generations, no one wil

Hopi is next to Navajo land. If they don't want to serve whites food in exchange for money, they're welcome not to do so. In a few more generations, no one will eat that food anymore. Well, it could have been any number of ceremonies[1] going on and some tribes are a bit touchy about non-tribal members since they've had some really bad experiences. After a while, you just loose patience. Its hard to have a community event when you feel like a zoo exhibit. Although I would love to know what other ethnic groups you could write the same comment in the same tone about and not have the hammer fall. 1) most of the major religious ceremonies are open air in the plains and the south, its not like a lot of tribes built churches.

jessaustin 9y ago
This was explicitly a roadside fair. A bunch of booths and tables were set up around a gravel parking lot, and most had pots of stew and trays of other foods. This has been some years, so I can't recall what else was on offer. People continually drove in, bought containers of food, and either started eating or drove away. Also there was a sign (in English) on the road indicating the fair. I saw no one take any action which could be considered religious or ceremonial. The point is, they were selling food but not to me. Which is perfectly fine, but it is relevant to thread parent's dilemma. I couldn't write the same comment about Mexicans or Japanese or Germans or Armenians or Ethiopians or Afghans or Filipinos, because I've eaten in restaurants they own in which they happily serve their delicious food. I've also eaten at non-tourist roadside stands serving many of those cuisines to those people in those nations, and felt welcome. On that particular day, I ate at a Taco Bell up the road, along with what seemed to be every teenage member of the tribe. Of course Taco Bell is not authentically anything ("American", maybe?), but that's the direction culinary habits seem to be moving.
- protomyth 9y ago
  I've been rejected at a Chinese restaurant but writing something like you did: "If they don't want to serve whites food in exchange for money, they're welcome not to do so. In a few more generations, no one will eat that food anymore." would be inappropriate. Putting everyone in a racial group in a bucket for the behavior of one and condemning them to non-existence is a bit too far. You couldn't do that to any other group without a bit of outcry.

jessaustin 9y ago

This was explicitly a roadside fair. A bunch of booths and tables were set up around a gravel parking lot, and most had pots of stew and trays of other foods. This has been some years, so I can't recall what else was on offer. People continually drove in, bought containers of food, and either started eating or drove away. Also there was a sign (in English) on the road indicating the fair. I saw no one take any action which could be considered religious or ceremonial. The point is, they were selling food but not to me. Which is perfectly fine, but it is relevant to thread parent's dilemma. I couldn't write the same comment about Mexicans or Japanese or Germans or Armenians or Ethiopians or Afghans or Filipinos, because I've eaten in restaurants they own in which they happily serve their delicious food. I've also eaten at non-tourist roadside stands serving many of those cuisines to those people in those nations, and felt welcome. On that particular day, I ate at a Taco Bell up the road, along with what seemed to be every teenage member of the tribe. Of course Taco Bell is not authentically anything ("American", maybe?), but that's the direction culinary habits seem to be moving.

protomyth 9y ago
I've been rejected at a Chinese restaurant but writing something like you did: "If they don't want to serve whites food in exchange for money, they're welcome not to do so. In a few more generations, no one will eat that food anymore." would be inappropriate. Putting everyone in a racial group in a bucket for the behavior of one and condemning them to non-existence is a bit too far. You couldn't do that to any other group without a bit of outcry.