KJ Kearney, now 37, was aiming for a career in politics when he ran for a spot in South Carolina’s House of Representatives in 2016. After he lost the election, he began to think of ways to merge his love of politics, and food with his Gullah-Geechee heritage. Two years later, he figured it out by creating a new food holiday: Red Rice Day. His proclamation was ratified by the South Carolina legislature in 2018, and Red Rice Day is now officially celebrated on September 29. It celebrates Gullah-Geechee tradition and acknowledges the history of rice farming by enslaved Africans.
“在南卡罗来纳州,我们有一个称为同盟国阵亡将士纪念日的假期,”科尔尼(Kearney)现在是北查尔斯顿创意艺术小学的教育家,告诉今天。“我的思维框架是我们如何在不明显的情况下进行改变。”
现在,科尔尼的社交媒体关注很强,有20,000多个Instagram关注者在@BlackFoodFridaysTiktok上的67,00多名追随者,他于11月加入。在这两个供稿上,他都分享了诸如非裔美国人和轩尼诗·科涅克(Hennessy Cognac)之间的纽带之类的事实(一直在观看视频:最后有一颗宝石),以及一个前被奴役的男子如何在蒸馏威士忌的方式上被昵称为最近受过训练的杰克·丹尼尔(Jack Daniel)。这些视频在星期五定期下降。
他还利用自己的平台突出显示和认可黑人拥有的企业。他说:“我想尽我所能提醒人们周围有黑人拥有的企业,您可能会支持。”“您正在谈论成为盟友。让我们给您一些可行的步骤,而食物是大多数人不分裂的事情之一。如果我每月一次让您[支持黑人拥有的企业],那就是他们将收到的钱,他们永远不会在我面前得到。”
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科尔尼(Kearney)的长期目标是在涵盖相同领域的食品电视节目中登陆(我肯定会狂欢这个节目)。
科尔尼告诉今天。“所有这些表演都环游世界,他们提升了他人的美食。然而,在我们自己的国家,从来没有一个节目致力于为我们的事情做同样的事情。”