ReginaStar
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I think it's accurate to say that the culture of eating okra is Southern black and to a lesser extent Southern white because both groups tastes evolved in close proximity. This is the case in light of blacks as the South's slave class handling much of food preparation, hospitality and entertainment. But that doesn't make it 'black' food. I would agree with 'Southern' before I would say 'black'.
All I know is okra, yams, and watermelons are always listed as African American foods. I'm southern and I eat of them too lol. But these particularly have origins in Africa. Meaning they were eating them long before whites ever were. I consider corn native American food for the same reason. But of course I eat corn. It was one of the dishes natives shared with whites when they came here. So it became a food staple. I don't know what else to consider AA food except for chitterlings, pigs feet, etc. I mean white people ate them aswell but they were not a food staple for whites. It said the reason why AA's ate them was b/c it was the part of the meat that was left that the white man gave to them.