So is it like racism against the purple skin of the yams by the people that think the orange sweet potatoes are yams? Or vice versa? Which is which? I'm a rabbi and even I say these people need Jesus!
Speaking as a Horticulture geek, both are edible tubers; there are variants in colour for both. Sweet potatoes are also beige with an ivory interior. The confusion is underscored by grocers selling them as both Sweet Potatoes & Yams. What you see in most produce departments are Sweet Potatoes - even the orange-ish varieties.
The difference between them is that they're from completely different families:
Yams = Dioscorea alata or D. batatas (Dioscoreaceae)
Sweet potatoes = Ipomaea batatas (Convulvulaceae)
It's food. Nothing more, nothing less.
Why look for structural racism in the vegetable department? Just why?
This never-ending quest to locate & promote structural racism:
beyond ridiculous......
So is it like racism against the purple skin of the yams by the people that think the orange sweet potatoes are yams? Or vice versa? Which is which? I'm a rabbi and even I say these people need Jesus!
Speaking as a Horticulture geek, both are edible tubers; there are variants in colour for both. Sweet potatoes are also beige with an ivory interior. The confusion is underscored by grocers selling them as both Sweet Potatoes & Yams. What you see in most produce departments are Sweet Potatoes - even the orange-ish varieties.
The difference between them is that they're from completely different families:
Yams = Dioscorea alata or D. batatas (Dioscoreaceae) Sweet potatoes = Ipomaea batatas (Convulvulaceae)
It's food. Nothing more, nothing less. Why look for structural racism in the vegetable department? Just why? This never-ending quest to locate & promote structural racism: beyond ridiculous......