"People of Culture"

[Luminous Animal]

22. Because white people are also people of culture. You really want to take a term and

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use it to negate that? My small French-American farming community that I grew up in certainly was brimming in culture. We were more in tune with our French brothers and sisters in Canada that we were with the Michiganders in the next town over.

Certainly, the Christmas traditions that we celebrate, originating in Europe, have been combined and refined to a uniquely American experience.

This is really a very ignorant post. White people, like people of color, come from all over the world and they brought their food and traditions with them and created, from both, uniquely American foods and traditions.

Hillbilly music and old timey country music originated with the immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, and England. It evolved into a uniquely American art form with the incorporation of blues and jazz.

Cajon foods and music originated with Acadian refugees from Canada and evolved into uniquely American art forms and cuisine.

Deep frying came to America from Scotland and Colonel Sanders turned deep fried breaded chicken into a ubiquitous picnic standard.