About November 1, 2007
This blog was started (by me, Johanna, with the encouragement of some friends) to give a voice to vegans of color. Many vegan spaces seem to be assumed (consciously or not) to be white by default, with the dialogue within often coming from a place of white privilege. We’re not single-issue here. All oppressions are connected.
We are always looking for other vegans of color who might be interested in blogging here: get in touch!
i just found you. i love what you’re doing. as a multi-colored vegan living in the mainly white city of portland, sometimes i get a little frustrated, and i don’t have anyone to understand where i’m coming from sometimes. it’s a weird catch-22 about portland (and any alternative movement in general i guess), that it’s so dang open-minded and vegan-friendly, but very very not diverse. it’s like being on the outside of the outside. blah, sometimes it depresses me. thanks for everything.
Emiko — thanks for your comment! I’m glad you like the blog. If you ever want to blog here, let me know.
Hello - I also recently found you, by way of comments we left on An Animal Friendly Life’s post on Good magazine’s *grr* happy meat cover. What a great site and concept - I too am a vegan of color, in a non veg-friendly city. This is a great way to connect and stay afloat on issues affecting us all. I would offer to contribute, but I can barely keep up with my own blog, and am in the process of finding a job so I can get out of said non veg-friendly city. Please keep up the good work!
Word,
very interesting blog. I just found this and you’ve been linked to my blog (Afrikan Raw Vegan Talk) all this time. I’d def consider blogging here. I got other blogs - lionsroar.wordpress.com and hiphopdharma.wordpress.com. Let’s converse.
Meridith — thanks! I understand the busy thing… if you ever post stuff that you think would be relevant for this blog, feel free to shoot me the link & I can cross-post (or if you wanted to be added as an author of the blog so you could cross-post it yourself, either way).
Precision Afrikan — Actually your Afrikan Raw Vegan Talk blog is a fairly new discovery of mine.
I’m going to e-mail you about blogging here. Thanks!!
I stumbled across your blog and I’m interested in keeping up with your posts. Nice concept!
Thanks Mel! Glad to have you reading.
Nice blog.
Found you through a post on HappyCow.net
http://www.happycow.net/blog/?p=117
Myself -
Now eating only plants.
Not so colorful - quite white on the surface - ancestry - not sure about it - I have not had my DNA analysed - i believe part Burmese - approx. 1/512.
Hi Johanna,
Thank you for being a vegan voice. We need as many as we can get! Are you available for a short interview? Thank you for your consideration (and for your beautiful blog).
Aurelia
Hi Johnny — glad you found us!
Aurelia — thank you! I’d be willing to be interviewed… hehehe, I’ll e-mail you.
hey I just came across your blog and I’d love to join your team. I’m a totally tribal girl who has spent her adolescence being pissed off at the exclusive white representation (& presentation) of ‘natural’ living (which more often then not, features “wisdom” from non-anglo cultures)…. and that sentiment hasn’t tempered down one bit
If there are any openings, please email me ~
Mia-do you have a blog?