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A BAME liberal’s perspective on the Jamie Oliver “jerk rice” debate

By Chris Annous | Fri 24th August 2018 - 4:42 pm

In case you haven’t heard, Jamie Oliver caused outrage amongst many people in the British Caribbean community by calling his latest rice product “jerk rice.” How could something as innocent as rice cause so much offence?

Well the problem is Oliver’s rice meets none of the necessary criteria for being a “jerk product.” In fact since you have to barbeque something for it to be described as jerk, “jerk rice” can’t be a thing.

‘But why does this matter?’ ‘Dawn Butler is talking nonsense.’ ‘There is no such thing as cultural appropriation, it’s a lefty concoction.’, these are the sorts of statements …

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