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What the hell is "poverty appropriation"?

What the hell is "poverty appropriation"?

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Carl Beijer
Nov 24, 2015
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I grew up in a relatively poor family that relied on hunting for a lot of our food. As an adult, I’ve discovered that a lot of what I ate on a daily basis – meats like quail, duck, and venison – have become staples of haute cuisine, served on tiny plates in some of the world’s most expensive restaurants. This has always struck me as a sort of mildly int…

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