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South Asian-American food bloggers are calling on people to cancel the word curry because of their relationship with British colonialism.
In recent fallout since increased surveillance of the history of the nation’s empire, critics have said that the word curry is used too often to bring together very different foods from different regions. Say there is.
Chaheti Bansal, 27 years old California She shared her home cooking online, shared video recipes, and called on people to cancel the word “curry.”
In a video that has been watched more than 3.6 million times since being shared by Buzzfeed Tasty, Bansal said:
“There is a saying that Indian food changes every 100km, but we still use this comprehensive term, which is popular with white people who couldn’t bother to learn the name of the actual food. Can’t learn yet. “