Mythical Creatures

[eumelia]

'Twould appear that there is some contention on the interwebs (and IRL of course) whether sci-fi/fantasy fans and authors of colour exist.

Obviously, you do.

You can prove your existence by a shout out here at deadbrowalking.

Me?
Have I mentioned my peachy ass?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/]

Well, you know, Jews are behind all sorts of crazy things. Conspiracy, totes.

Btw, in answer to your question, the tristate region refers specifically to the areas that are typical commuting distance from New York City - so, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

I'm surprised you found a black and white in Philly, honestly. I've never seen them outside of New Jersey and New York. I have no idea of their origins, though I'm guessing it was some immigrant group in New York in the early 20th century, as that's when they apparently started appearing in bakeries.

The more you know ...

Philadelphia here

[corvus.livejournal.com]

Oh, this isn't actually about race. It took me a second. You can get black and whites at 4th St. Deli, amongst other places.

Re: Philadelphia here

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/]

Aahahahahaha. Yeah, we were talking about the cookie, brought over from another thread, not people. That'd be bizarre.

But seriously, I've never seen them in Philly yet ... glad to know their popularity has reached a wider audience. They're too awesome for us NJ/NY folk to hoard for ourselves.

Re: Philadelphia here

[corvus.livejournal.com]

Of, for sure. I would actually assume that they've been in Philly for just as long as they've been everywhere else. The Jews, they are everywhere, and occasionally they have bakeries/delis, etc. Famous 4th St. Delicatessen has been around for a good 80 years at this point.

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Re my original confusion: I totally had this great snarky comment to make about race and the lack of POCs in Philly and this and that. I typed it out and then reread your response and realized that you weren't, in fact... well, you know. Most amusing!

Re: Philadelphia here

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/]

I wanted to throat-check the dumbasses who during the last American election did in fact use the phrase, cuz you know they weren't talking about pastry.

Are black-and-whites Jewish? I really have no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised. I think all the yummy stuff in New York is traced back to them. For reference: bagels. OMG. You can't get a good bagel once you leave the tri-state region.

Excuse me while I wax poetic about food. Gastronomy makes me so happy.

Re: Philadelphia here

[corvus.livejournal.com]

Tri-State Region and Montreal!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal-style_bagel

And I associate black and whites with Jews, but maybe it's just my upbringing. It could just be a German thing, though I didn't see any in the bakeries when I lived in Berlin. And I was in the bakeries almost every day for brochen. Hrm!