Food/Identity Interview

 When asked “what makes you who you are” James responds with how he thinks what he was born into and the experiences that came into the birth plays a big factor. He was born in America, but his parents were Chinese immigrants. He vividly remembers eating with his family and the cultural norms that come with it. How his family puts all the food in the middle of the table for anyone to get with as much as you want rather than everyone having their own fixed dishes already ready. 

One of his favorite things to eat are the noodle soups his mom used to make, especially when he's feeling sick.


When I asked him the question “How do you think food is connected to identity” he talked about his early childhood he would go to daycare with his cultural foods, and he felt a little embarrassed since the cuisines were a lot different from the traditional American food people ate around him. However, growing up he realized that his traditional foods are what, as he puts it, “was most comfortable with.”


For the most part I do agree with his statements. I remember being nervous to bring my traditional food because I knew it would be gawked at rudely, however overtime you realize that it's what makes you unique.

https://youtu.be/l2ViHQDW7Dc

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 10, 2023 at 7:38 AM

    I love how you are able to relate to James in a shared experience. I also like how it shows our growth around the feeling of eating our cultural foods outside of our homes.-Totemi

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Food Commercial Paragraphs

  Video Link The Burger King commercial, popularized this year, advertises their signature Whopper in its many variations to convince the viewer to order from their menu. For one, they use a very catchy jingle throughout the advertisement. From just someone humming it you could recognize that It’s from Burger King, and they do that so the melody can get stuck inside your head. Imagine just hearing “Whopper Whopper Whopper Whopper” in your head when you're trying to do work, you're going to crave some Burger King eventually. Which is going to cause people to sing their song out loud, causing other people to want to remember the song and have some Burger King. Which is the restaurant’s plan at the end of the day: To get the song to spread causing everyone to want food from Burger King. Another visual signal that helps advertise Burger King’s menu is how they make the food look heavily appetizing. They make sure to have the patties be as juicy and savory as possible, while making ...
Read more

Week 1 "Aha" Moment

My “aha” moment was very much building up since I saw everyone's project. Seeing people make their assignment about their culture and foods that were very much tied with their identity really made me think about my own culture and identity. Despite my slides being about my life in a meaningful manner, it had nothing to do with the fact that I was black and / or Muslim . Which was something that I was inspired to do after seeing other’s blogs. I decided to get braids for the first time, since I always wanted to get them and I was influenced by everyone else’s connection to their culture. Despite how painful it was to endure the process, It ended up looking pretty good on me. Some of my friends here also agreed and I thought it was something that most people would be on board with. Sadly, it never was like that. I ended up with a lot of stares from not so friendly people. People who just so happen to be white, and most likely from more suburban areas. Places that wouldn’t usually hav...
Read more

Final Blog Reflection

  The idea of the blog at first was very daunting, since I always related a blog to a lot of commitment and consistency. Which is why I never really had a general theme other than the fact that the blog was about me. I was afraid to put my genuine work out there and instead I decided to go with the bare minimum needed. However, I did slowly grow into the blog and felt more comfortable putting myself out there. The week one “aha moment” was a great example of this, as I talked about my experience having cornrows and the reactions I got from my peers as well as the general consensus I got from people around me. Overall, I still kept it general so It can relate to everyone on a personal level. The first time I really talked about a personal subject was when we were making PSA videos. I didn’t really have an idea on food itself, but then I remembered it just had to be related to food. Knowing that, I decided to talk about my country of Somalia and how they are struggling with food....
Read more