What we talk about when we talk about “white people food.”
A binary has emerged in popular culture—especially online in the bowels of TikTok comment sections and viral tweets—cobbled together from half-logic and sweeping generalizations: If “white people food” is bland and unseasoned, then all food that appears to be bland and unseasoned must be “white people food.” And if that is true, then the logic follows: “Non-white people food” must therefore be well-seasoned and generously spiced, a welcome antidote to the tyranny of pale provisions.
Splitting these categories into “white” and “non-white” even within this essay obviously doesn’t circumvent that constructed binary, but for the sake of this argument, let’s operate within the widely adopted framework and language that we’ve got. The idea that “white people food” lacks seasoning and spice has some historical basis.
The slice of midcentury suburban fare as “white people food” has endured as a stereotype, and, over time, has become even more entrenched in popular imagination. What was once an inside joke on Black Twitter and in diaspora communities has become a common rejoinder on social media, boosted into a mainstream culture that has embraced all things hot
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