[Sca-cooks] the oddness of ethnicity

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Glenn Gorsuch wrote:

> Brilliant.  I figure, if it's all a matter of self-certifying one's
> race/ethnicity, and as global genetic material gets put into a giant
> Cuisinart anyway, we should categorize using something that makes more
> sense:  "Preference in cuisine?"

My son has gotten used, over a period of years, to being assumed to be of some sort of Spanish-speaking ancestry. He has sort of gold-toned skin, dark hair and eyes, high cheekbones, straight nose (actually pretty striking, they tell me), and could probably pass for almost any birthplace from Athens East to Rio de Janeiro, if so inclined.

But preference in cuisine? No question; Southern Chinese, preferably seafood.

Adamantius






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