Can Food Be Political?
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Would you like a side of freedom with your fries? Community organizer KJ Kearney learns about the link between food and the freedoms this country promised for all.
Food has always been political-It provides a place to gather, share ideas, to express our identities, and take care of each other’s basic needs. When the Lowcountry Action Committee started distributing bags of groceries to neighbors in 2021, they wanted to model what it looks like for a community to take care of each other. LAC named this program Food for Thought, connecting to a long tradition of using food as a way to build community and sustain social progress-from the Black Panther free breakfast program that fed over 20,000 children across 19 cities, to the Club From Nowhere whose church bake sales funded the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.
But how can citizens continue the cycle, and sustain the people who feed us? KJ visits restaurants like A Peace of Soul and or Gillie’s to see how they’re preserving Black history and culture with every plate. At the height of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, many chose to take action by supporting Black-owned businesses, but many business owners say that boom was fleeting. Viewers will learn about how to build long-term relationships with the businesses and orgs they support. KJ will build a playbook of actions that can help viewers become part of a cycle of reciprocity-where individuals, businesses, and community organizations all feed back into one another.
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I loved this episode! I hope there are many more to come! KJ is a natural!
This is inspiring! I needed this. Thank you!
PBS just really pushing out solid content. ❤
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Let’s Effing Gooooooo!! Kj u made my day yo.
This was rich! Food is an important topic and has the ability to bring people together for the greater good. It was amazing to see just how it’s centered around activism, the arts, education (the learning and teaching continuums), history and culture. I’m full (pun intended) and I can’t wait to come back for seconds, thirds, and fourths. Also, I don’t think there’s a better host for this project. Big ups, KJ!
This.
Food is the best way to share and mix cultures. Forget politics, if we share culture there is no need for idiocy like politics.
I say this an autistic human uncomfortable around all humans. Food literally brings me to the table lol
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the original Black Panther Party's free breakfast initiative.
Glad you mentioned it! We actually have a followup video in the works on this very topic. Stay tuned...
Awesome!!!! Loved the content! Looks like I’m going to James Island this weekend lol
This is amazing! So grateful to you for sharing this with the world!
KJ always sharing dope and crucial information. Love it! Load the next episode up!
I made the mistake of watching this before I ate lunch. Lesson learned. 😅Congratulations on the show! I especially loved how the importance of building and sustaining community was highlighted. I look forward to checking out episode 2!
I love this! It really brings the comfort of community on the screen that feels so close. Through it all we are still here taking up space that is rightfully ours 😌
Bravo KJ!!!! You give us hope!!! PBS when is the next episode?!?!
Awesome video!
My good friend and co-conspirator from 12 Rounds Media directed this for PBS-SCETV. Really interesting angle on how business is community!
Great job delivering your message, while spotlighting these local businesses. I’m looking forward to watching this full series. I loved the Grandma wall @ Gillie’s.
Clapping from Columbia SC!!!!!!!!
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This was excellent!!! I am excited for the next episode.
Amazing video
I love this!! Really good job KJ, and I'm excited to see what topics/regions you'll be covering next!
This was a great episode! Full of so much information and it really brings the importance of community gathering and support to the forefront. I really love the connection of art and food as well. Hope dope is it to have a place to see amazing art and eat some good food. I need to visit that spot one day. KJ, what a perfect host for this project. I can't wait for more episodes.
Bravo 😊 Great episode!
Love this ❤❤❤❤
Great show
I enjoyed this! It is the most cohesive piece I've seen in a long time. It has seamless transitions and digestible presentation of a lot of information. Also, the history lessons of Georgia Gilmore and the highlighted restaurants are awesome. I'm gonna share this!
This was so good. I'm glad I caught it.
Great episode!
Absolutely love this!! Educational and informative about some places I didn’t know about. Thanks KJ 💚🙏🏽💪🏽
This show's premier episode is amazing because it emits a strong sense of authenticity. The production is top-notch, the information is concise but impactful, and the host's ability to deliver facts and ask the right questions without condescending to the viewer is on point! I look forward to rest of the series!
So much history. Thanks for sharing. Alert set for more episodes.
I never thought about food from this perspective and as a supporter of Black Food Fridays I am now apart of this movement. Also, learned a new American history fact from the Civil Rights Era. Thank you!
Great episode. Can't wait until the next one.
This was an amazing piece! I learned so much! Never thought of food and resistance from this perspective and I’m so grateful I learned this from you. Thank you for sharing and I do hope we get more episodes!
This was absolutely AMAZING. I look forward to the next episode!
Brother KJ! I’m proud of you. This was informative, fun to watch, and well produced. #onwardandupward
Great show, Congrats! I look forward to next episode.
Congratulations KJ. I'm excited to check this out.
Loved the episode!! Looking forward to the next one!!
Yay! I loved this episode; informational and inspiring!
While I have always known food was a huge part of many cultures, seeing how food, art, and conversation came together to answer if food could be political was beautiful.
I love that history was also touched on in a way most people probably didn’t know including what happened to a lot of Black businesses during the pandemic.
Incredible first episode and I’ll definitely be tuning in for the next one!
KJ I'm so happy for you, congratulations! Looking forward to supporting you and this project, it's off to a fantastic start👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💐💐💐💐
Non black people need to learn about the sociological impact and effect of Generation Wealth and that Black Communities have it harder and generational wealth of lack-there-of makes becoming an entrepreneur out of reach or financially precarious for POC. So we need to support Black Business and educating of youth in communities during these times of educational crisis.
Awesome job KJ! 🙌👏🔥
This episode gave me brain food and made me hungry.
Great job! Looking forward to the next episode.
Oh and you should add the links of the restaurants mentioned in your description box. Thanks!
Love this! Food is def political. It’s a cultural expression, a rebellion, a revolution. Thank you for all the insight to the wonderful people of Charleston!
Im visiting the states in April. Are there any black owned business's in LA, Vegas and SA Fran that us Aussie would enjoy. Would love you support
Everything is political if you're paying attention. Food can also be culture and art depending on how it's made. Excellent video!
Such a worthy watch! This brought light to a different layer of food activism. Loved it and can’t wait to see more!!!
Yesssssss King! This!!! So educational! Love it! Set that table! Congrats! #citizenbetter
This was absolutely amazing!! Wow, I learned so much! We need this. Such history so wonderfully told; relevant, actionable present; and guide to the future. I am very excited and eager to learn.
Thank you XenB (Xenba) for shining the light and bringing me to this space. #subscribed
You learned me something! Loved the first episode.
Amazing work!! This is beautiful
This was very interesting and informative and it also made me feel very hungry. 😂😂😂 Great show.
That brisket looked too good 🤤
#BlackFoodFridays
Love this show!!! Can't wait to see more
Great episode! Really enjoyed it!
This is great. You have a great voice
I'm a Caucasian Canadian living in Montreal Quebec, I've never had the opportunity to experience southern Afro American food. I've always wanted to try the wide variety. It looks so good! I'm especially curious about home made Gritts. LOVE the Grandma wall, that's awesome 👍👍 🖖😁🤘🇨🇦🕊️
Congratulations 🎉
Wow! You are so good!
Garreeeeedddd, that shrimp and grits look BUSSIN!!!!! Imma have to slide to Gillies!!!
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If ya got kids there’s a beautiful storybook about Georgia Gilmore. It’s titled “Pies From Nowhere”.
Congratulations
Amazing 👏🏾🤎
Great episode
That was a killer movie!
Bleeding feet and soked to the bone they marched on🎉.
Wonderful!
Excellent!!!
Thank you
Great video: awesome combination of inspiration, history, and innovation. ❤
You are filling a void for us. Please keep doing you. You're inspiring us 🏆
Loved this, you killed it! Can’t wait for the next one!
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Will you be going across the country???
Sweet grits should be considered a hate crime
This was great!!! Can't wait to see more!
All i see is a bunch of nnnnniiiccee people 😗
Great video. This was awesome.
great video, great reminders
Man this is great!
@ 0:30 ... *Truth!*
Mendesssss 💯🔥
The food is seasoned!!! Excited to see more from this series.
Don't support just by color but by quality
I still dont understand how food is political? What does that mean?