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She exhibits the same type of eurocentrism in that single line as the copywriting on those dreadful propaganda posters.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago
Most alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste. There's nothing Eurocentric about finding unfamiliar alcohol offputting. She doesn't rant about it, she's not even all that negative; she just didn't like it.
- ingenieros 8y ago
  She had chicha in one single spot(in La Candelaria no less)and this entitles her to make such a tone-deaf blanket statement that all chicha must therefore taste like that? If she didn't like it or was grossed out from learning how it's made she could have worded things differently. Instead she chose to be a snob and look down on an indigenous beverage which has miraculously survived a European conquest and the subsequent years of cultural indoctrination.
  - Dirlewanger 8y ago
    She's most likely some upper middle class privileged white woman "journalist" (used very loose) who thinks she knows everything about a place because she spent a week there.
    - PhasmaFelis 8y ago
      The entire article is praising chicha's cultural value and lamenting its passing. I'm struggling to understand why one sentence--"Frothy and milky in texture, the corn-based, alcoholic brew tastes a bit like the inside of a new shoe"--apparently turns it into vicious imperialism. It's not even that negative! The inside of a new shoe isn't a smell I associate with deliciousness, but it's not really unpleasant. I feel like you're demanding that she lie and say it was the best thing she ever tasted.
      - ingenieros 8y ago
        Imperialism and eurocentrism are two entirely different things so please look up the definitions before you try to put words into my mouth. Second, I am not demanding that she lies, but to simply be a bit less condescending towards local traditions. I guess I expect a bit more from a publication such as Atlas Obscura than to have their writers sound like characters out of a Tom Clancy novel. Lastly, she lifted most of her "research" from this popular blog entry from nearly six years ago and didn't bother to credit its author: https://www.historiacocina.com/es/cerveza-colombia https://www.historiacocina.com/es/cerveza-colombia

Most alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste. There's nothing Eurocentric about finding unfamiliar alcohol offputting. She doesn't rant about it, she's not even all that negative; she just didn't like it.

ingenieros 8y ago
She had chicha in one single spot(in La Candelaria no less)and this entitles her to make such a tone-deaf blanket statement that all chicha must therefore taste like that? If she didn't like it or was grossed out from learning how it's made she could have worded things differently. Instead she chose to be a snob and look down on an indigenous beverage which has miraculously survived a European conquest and the subsequent years of cultural indoctrination.
- Dirlewanger 8y ago
  She's most likely some upper middle class privileged white woman "journalist" (used very loose) who thinks she knows everything about a place because she spent a week there.
  - PhasmaFelis 8y ago
    The entire article is praising chicha's cultural value and lamenting its passing. I'm struggling to understand why one sentence--"Frothy and milky in texture, the corn-based, alcoholic brew tastes a bit like the inside of a new shoe"--apparently turns it into vicious imperialism. It's not even that negative! The inside of a new shoe isn't a smell I associate with deliciousness, but it's not really unpleasant. I feel like you're demanding that she lie and say it was the best thing she ever tasted.
    - ingenieros 8y ago
      Imperialism and eurocentrism are two entirely different things so please look up the definitions before you try to put words into my mouth. Second, I am not demanding that she lies, but to simply be a bit less condescending towards local traditions. I guess I expect a bit more from a publication such as Atlas Obscura than to have their writers sound like characters out of a Tom Clancy novel. Lastly, she lifted most of her "research" from this popular blog entry from nearly six years ago and didn't bother to credit its author: https://www.historiacocina.com/es/cerveza-colombia https://www.historiacocina.com/es/cerveza-colombia