Veganism Is Going Through a Racial Reckoning
The truth is, in the United States and even globally, the majority of people who eat plant-based are nonwhite. But the white people have become gatekeepers of the vegan community, especially online with blogs and accounts run by white people dominating Google results and social media feeds.
In the weeks and months following the killing of George Floyd and global protests, the vegan community has been forced into a racial reckoning of its own with white vegans starting to acknowledge Black vegans and other vegans of color. And now, questions are being raised about how to continue to do this work moving forward.
“People didn’t see the value of our pages until now, but that drove us. And now, this is the time,” vegan blogger Afia Amoako said in an illuminating recent VICE article. “The thing that irks us is when the #AmplifyMelanatedVvoices happened our biggest question was: Are you going to support me in the long-term?”
