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WaPo: The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767A 2016 Pew Research Center survey found 3 percent of American adults overall identified as vegan and only 1 percent of Hispanic Americans. That number jumps to a startling 8 percent among African American adults. In Gallups latest findings on consumers meat-eating changes, which will be published Monday, whites reported eating 10 percent less meat in the past 12 months while people of color reported eating 31 percent less.
The interweaving of African American performers and veganism is tight and intricate, with threads running through lifestyle choices and business decisions of some of musics titans. Eight out of 10 of the Wu-Tang Clan identify as vegan or vegetarian. Jay-Z and Beyoncé offered free tickets to fans if they went vegan. Rapper Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, launched a vegan food truck for the homeless; rapper Cardi B started a vegan fashion line. A$AP Rocky rapped about veganism on his recent single Babushka Boi.
The interweaving of African American performers and veganism is tight and intricate, with threads running through lifestyle choices and business decisions of some of musics titans. Eight out of 10 of the Wu-Tang Clan identify as vegan or vegetarian. Jay-Z and Beyoncé offered free tickets to fans if they went vegan. Rapper Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, launched a vegan food truck for the homeless; rapper Cardi B started a vegan fashion line. A$AP Rocky rapped about veganism on his recent single Babushka Boi.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/24/fastest-growing-vegan-demographic-is-african-americans-wu-tang-clan-other-hip-hop-acts-paved-way/?outputType=amp&utm_source=reddit.com
The article is about how a lot of hip hop artists are investing a lot of money in vegan companies and encouraging their followers to go vegan. It's great for the animals.
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WaPo: The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans (Original Post)
mucifer
Jan 2020
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dhill926
(16,953 posts)1. K & R...
The planet benefits, the persons health benefits and the animals sure benefit 🙂
stuntcat
(12,022 posts)3. The two best vegan restaurants I've been to were soul food restaurants.
One of them is decades old too, I think.
CatLady78
(1,041 posts)4. That is very cool.nt
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Normanart
(284 posts)5. Not just entertainers
AA athletes are a growing segment of the vegan community. Check on YouTube for the movie "Game Changers". Sorry, i don't have a link. Easy to find.
mucifer
(24,999 posts)6. Yeah it's a welcome trend I hope will continue!