In a column about insular rich culture, Brooks insinuates that Italian food is for the swanky and Mexican food is for the poor. Ridiculous.
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Poor people eat Italian food all the time -- like spaghetti. And rich people love Mexican food they exoticize tf out of.
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But Brooks is subtly extending this notion far beyond food. It's about culture. Italian/european = rich. Mexican/latinx = poor.
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I, too, only have a high school degree. What year at Princeton do they teach Italian deli meats?(Anywhere but New York, you could ask, too.)
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What is a "striatta baguette" and how is a French word somehow Italian. I'm sorry, I'm only a professional writer with a college education.
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(it's probably not my lane but "and we ate Mexican" really grates for some reason)
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a not so subtle implication that a lack of formal education probably means you like brown people food. italian was too posh, of course
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and of course his "friend" is a woman. he probably feels so big because he managed to work in a woman in his story, only to belittle her.
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I kind of want to follow him just so I can unfollow him right after
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You're right; this has to be a made-up friend.
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My dad (half Italian) never went to High School, grew up poor, and guess what? Knew those foods and could pronounce them better than Brooks.
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Lawd, how awkward I must look when I'm in a fancy restaurant googling every other ingredient...pic.twitter.com/LeeccRGrF4
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but they teach italian even in high school. it's not like the sandwiches were named "the hegel" and "the descartes."
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Man, I just ask. This is how I learned that haricots verts were green beans, which was sliiiightly disappointing.
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