Here we go again, making up words and stuff! How she gon go and make up something? We already got vegan. She trying to be bougie!
Raise your hand if you thought that when you saw the word “blegan.”
It’s okay, I am a bit bougie!
But in all actuality, I am also a creative. I love to think outside the box.
So when I was thinking of a way to present my vegan journey to the world, the first thing I had to decide was how do I identify myself? After answering that, I had to figure how to mesh that with vegan.
So black + vegan = blegan!
Voila!
A “blegan” is simply a black person who is vegan. Why the need to differentiate? Well, to be honest, often times, black people will not join a movement if they don’t think it pertains to them. Creating a special name for us black vegans a) allows for others to see that yes, we black vegans do exist and b) they too can be one too.
So if you are vegan, welcome! If you are black, welcome! If you are thinking of becoming vegan but think it is not for black folks… then consider becoming a “blegan!”
Namaste, friend 🙂