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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

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mucifer

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Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:23 PM Jan 2020

WaPo: The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=767

A 2016 Pew Research Center survey found 3 percent of American adults overall identified as vegan and only 1 percent of Hispanic Americans. That number jumps to a startling 8 percent among African American adults. In Gallup’s latest findings on consumers’ meat-eating changes, which will be published Monday, whites reported eating 10 percent less meat in the past 12 months while people of color reported eating 31 percent less.

The interweaving of African American performers and veganism is tight and intricate, with threads running through lifestyle choices and business decisions of some of music’s titans. Eight out of 10 of the Wu-Tang Clan identify as vegan or vegetarian. Jay-Z and Beyoncé offered free tickets to fans if they went vegan. Rapper Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, launched a vegan food truck for the homeless; rapper Cardi B started a vegan fashion line. A$AP Rocky rapped about veganism on his recent single “Babushka Boi.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/24/fastest-growing-vegan-demographic-is-african-americans-wu-tang-clan-other-hip-hop-acts-paved-way/?outputType=amp&utm_source=reddit.com

The article is about how a lot of hip hop artists are investing a lot of money in vegan companies and encouraging their followers to go vegan. It's great for the animals.
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