On this episode of The Walk-In podcast, Elle speaks with C. Hunter Zuli about creating BLK Palate, an inclusive food and wellness production company that curates monthly events based around inclusivity, education, and delicious food. Click one of the links below to listen to the full episode.
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unsubscribe…bye bye
People that are offended by diversity are really showing their white hoods. To complain about a feature on someone who looks or loves differently because you’re “tired of hearing about politics” is inherently bigoted in that it shows you don’t value the perspective or opinion or life experiences of someone different from you. How boring to be so small minded and uneducated about anything outside yourself.
Thank you to Elle and Hunter and everyone involved in sharing this gem of an episode highlighting an amazing human being and socially conscious entrepreneur whose truth informs and inspires. I hope you continue to amplify more bold and brilliant QTPOC whose stories and labor are invaluable and deserving of attention. And to all the folx who disliked this video, look in the mirror and understand that whatever you tell yourself is the reason for your critique and disapproval is just an excuse to refuse to face your deeply rooted bigotry. Given that this is produced in Boston and highlights a native Bostonian who works in NY, I imagine that the audience and haters are actually the same liberal progressives who claim they stand with us and engage in performative allyship and then cry when they're called out for their offensive and ignorant behavior and throw a fit saying that we're the problem for daring to speak about our experiences. We have tons of work to do; especially those of us who consider ourselves to be on 'the right side' of human rights and social justice issues. The work is never ending and must take place in all our spaces, but those of us with privilege and power must do more of the heavy lifting so this doesn't fall on the shoulders of the most vulnerable among us.
ATK is heavily censoring the comments
Thank you for sharing this! 🖤
Just for one preview of Elle's podcast some of you are unsubscribing. Too bad. ATK is a great channel.
The amount of people claiming to unsubscribe because free content provided by a private company impinges on their idea of a perfect society is astonishing.
Food is politics. Food is love. Food is life. More often than not, literally.
ATK recommends 1000s of products based on some of the most half-baked and over-baked testing ever imagined and the comments is positively aglow with praise. But mention a podcast where chefs discuss respect and self esteem in the workplace and NOOOOOOOO…. everyone threatening to cancel their subscriptions!! Is this the real America??
Wow, a lot of ATK fans sure hate black people! Why else would they call somebody existing and talking about it "political"? Why else would they be so angry about a really short video that doesn't mention politics? Guess they think race is a political decision, and one they can judge others by.
I’m elated that ATK is sounding an identity in the diversity conversation. Your recipes are incredible and I look forward to where our food travels take us when we talk about, and taste, diversity! Honestly, not all flavors presented in past recipes have been true to their original design. This is why I’m excited to explore culinary techniques, methods, and tastes from the testing kitchen! Bravo!
why would anyone dislike this? to dislike this because she’s bringing up race is to ignore the undeniable fact that racism lives in every industry and Black and Brown people are affected by it. we must acknowledge it in order to hold ourselves accountable and move past it.
LOVE
I really enjoyed listening, Elle is a great chef and the conversations are important and people need to hear them.
I was prepared to hear more, and then the video kinda faded and got cut off.??
I will sure check out your content. Thanks for the quick heads up. I like your attitude, Ms. Zuli!
A human being speaking right there. Live long and prosper!
yes exactly
Different discipline, but I wish I'd known this, forty years ago…..
There is something wrong with a large portion of the population if they can't handle a cooking show doing ONE EPISODE about a company that, if you read the description, "curates events based around inclusivity, education, and DELICIOUS FOOD." FOOD. You're the same people who call others "SJW" and "Snowflake" for actually caring about other people – yet a 55 second video for a show NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO WATCH sends you into a frantic tizzy, saying you "don't care about social justice" and all sorts of other horrible things. Don't watch it. What is wrong with you? A person wants to help others and you go out of your way to bitch about how you're going to unscubscribe and get all in an uproar? Really, really sad that we've gotten to this state.
Elle Simone Scott, I can't wait to listen! 🥰
Hey, Jack Bishop. Thanks for letting me know this exists.❤
Wow. Lots of people who are afraid to hear anyone else's voice but another white person's. Food has always been a political statement. Growing it. Having it. Giving it to others and not to some. The more voices heard from the better. More than likely, the food you eat was grown by an agribusiness and not some mom and pop farm. It was picked by migrant workers who follow the seasons because it might be the only job they know or can find. The food we eat always has political forces grown into it. Just look up golden rice.
I think this was well intended, but this could have benefited from a bit more context to better tie it into this channel. I believe that facilitating the reach of diverse voices is important.
I'm going to listen to this podcast. It sounds fascinating. Food and culture are heavily intertwined, and people's stories are always fascinating. I like to hear what other people have had to deal with, it allows me to try and make things better for those around me.
So it's not OXO right?
Wow, all the racists are showing their true colors. Take a breath, people.
Can't believe all the butthurt babies getting bent out of shape over this video. What is supposedly "political" about it?? The fact that a Black woman is speaking??
All of the people being angry about this snippet obviously didn't listen to the podcast. It's not a new podcast. It says it was released on Aug 11, and yes it has to do with food, as well as conversation, and human interaction. It's a positive podcast. She has a multicultural sandwich shop…
Where's the recipe???
A tsp. of BS.
1/4 cup of more BS.
ADD 7 Tbsps of BS.
UGH, SHEESH AND TRIPLE THE SHEESH IF U WANT MORE…
COOK AT 350° for 55 seconds.
Dinner? A huge baking sheet of SHEESH, tossed w some GET IT TOGETHER…
Final dish? UNSUBBING, served with political ick on the side…
We'll pass… let's go.
I hear that Burger King or McDonalds is still open until 8 p.m. 👍🙃👍
Funny? … not so much…
Ugh!
… aka, bye!
Screw you ATK!!! Go pedal your BS elsewhere!!! Just got my money back!!!
Thank goodness for Google seach…
C. Hunter Zuli is a chef, educator, community organizer, consultant, and the founder of BLK Palate, an inclusive food and wellness production company. Through BLK Palate, Hunter curates monthly events based around inclusivity, education, and delicious food. At their home in Brooklyn, Hunter showed us how to make a kombucha-barbeque sandwich and discussed the importance of creating inclusive spaces around dining.
"As somebody who's masculine presenting and an androgynous person, I found that being in spaces with men meant they would look at me and often expect me to laugh along with their offensive jokes. As somebody who was raised as a social-justice baby, all of those -isms would come up, and it would be internally really triggering for me. I just was like, No. I'm good. It stuck with me. I stopped doing catering gigs, and I stopped working kitchen positions. "
A lot of BLK Palate is rooted in research that proves that when people are satiated, they're more likely to feel comfortable having uncomfortable conversations. Especially right now, with the nature and the climate of our society, folks feel uncomfortable having conversations with people who aren't necessarily immediately aligned with their thoughts and ideas. Or sometimes people feel ashamed saying, “I don't know.” So for me it wasn't enough to just say, “Hey, let me curate this event production company where people are just coming to engage in panels.” It's important to curate spaces that seem like social spaces, but also have them be learning spaces. People can come, drink, eat, and think they're engaging in something familiar. But then they leave that space having intentionally engaged with a community member, having intentionally sought a piece of knowledge and left with it.
https://greatjonesgoods.com/blogs/great-ones/c-hunter-zuli-sees-the-radical-potential-in-dinner-parties
white people get real hopped up when they get mad hee hee Y'all don't like being told what to do Strap in and fasten your seat belts my little white peeps It's gonna be a bumpy ride (for white people) lmao
Thank you! Keep on cooking, Elle Simone… and America's Test Kitchen!
I'm familiar with, and always enjoy Elle Simone Scott's recipes, and demonstrations on ATK. I will, certainly, look at "The Walk-In" podcast. Thank you for the notification.
In positive criticism, I will have to say that this presentation/promotion was a bit confusing, largely due to it's brevity, and lack of detail. I had to run it a few times, to understand.
I wish The Walk-In project well.
Such a great podcast, Elle is amazing and gets the best guests
Kudos, ATK!
I got it, Simone❣️✌🏾✊🏾🙏🏾
Is this channel about cooking?