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Tag: soul food

Vintage picture of the "SundayTea" Photo courtesy of Arrie Porter.
Posted inArts & Culture, Lifestyle

There’s A Shortage of Caviar in the Ghetto: From Slave Food to Soul Food

by Arrie Porter August 27, 2016October 7, 2016

“Apparently you haven’t heard, Doctor, but there’s a shortage of caviar in the ghetto.” These are the words of Florida Evans, a character in the ‘70s sitcom Good Times, upon being confronted with an African American doctor whom she believed was too far removed from the very people she was supposed to care for, to actually […]

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