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minus-squaretheolodis@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agohttps://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/rice-consumption-by-country The first western country in this list are the USA (placed 20th by total consumption), while also being the western country with the biggest population of people coming from countries ranked higher (mostly asian, and some south american). So no, saying that asian and south american food culture includes more rice is not racist, it’s a proven fact. Also native americans do only represent around 1.3% of the total population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States), while indian americans make up around 1.6% of the population, and asians in general around 7.24% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans).
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/rice-consumption-by-country
The first western country in this list are the USA (placed 20th by total consumption), while also being the western country with the biggest population of people coming from countries ranked higher (mostly asian, and some south american).
So no, saying that asian and south american food culture includes more rice is not racist, it’s a proven fact. Also native americans do only represent around 1.3% of the total population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States), while indian americans make up around 1.6% of the population, and asians in general around 7.24% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans).