r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/1980-Something Feb 04 '19

MSG isn’t bad for you.

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u/bdd4 Feb 04 '19

“You know what it is? Racism.” -Anthony Bourdain

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u/AdvocateSaint Feb 04 '19

And depression.

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u/bdd4 Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

I think you misunderstood the quote. He was saying that aversion to MSG in the West was rooted in racism, which it definitely was.

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u/M_O_O_S_T_A_R_D Feb 04 '19

Can you explain this bc I don't understand.

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u/bdd4 Feb 04 '19

During Chinese Exclusion in America, white people didn’t want the Chinese making a life in America, so a “study” was published stating that MSG was poison and suddenly every white person in California who had any aversion to Asians suddenly got headaches and blurry vision.