On Veganism – and why it shouldn't be easily mocked and written off

https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-veganism

by ingve • 5 years ago

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jimbob45• 5 years ago

“I would also recommend reading the scholar Lisa Betty on the crisis in veganism that won’t fully acknowledge white supremacy, which is spot-on.”

- Actual quote that the author wrote for this article

freeslave• 5 years ago

The idea that vegans are wealthy and white is simply false. Around the world it tends to be the poorest people who do not eat meat, and in the US most vegans are low income and more likely to be racialized peoples.

https://www.statista.com/chart/14989/who-are-americas-vegans...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53787329

pingou• 5 years ago

Isn't it also because vegans are younger on average, so poorer? And young people are more likely to be racialized.

Would be interesting to have some stats where they control by age.

kneel3• 5 years ago

It's pretty common for vegans to suffer hair loss and develop dark circles under their eyes (anemia iirc)

Pass

dschuessler2• 5 years ago

Would you mind sharing some sources?

kneel3• 5 years ago

source: just google it

jka2• 5 years ago

Do you have a reference for the incidence rates of those side-effects?

It'd be useful to compare and contrast those against the risks of food poisoning from undercooked and contaminated animal products, and the sense of having supported and received food from potentially unsanitary animal product preparation centres.

tootie• 5 years ago

You could write a stack of books on the maladies of excessive animal consumption. And another stack on the environmental cost.

IssphitiKOzS• 5 years ago

Absurd

myWindoonn• 5 years ago

Veganism shouldn't be written off, but it's quite easy to find arguments which frustrate the clear-cut message that they hope to deliver, which is that folks should never eat animals but that folks should nonetheless eat something. My typical approach to vegan arguments is to introduce them to Jainism and have them compare and contrast their values and practices.

On Veganism – and why it shouldn't be easily mocked and written off

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