Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has always been sold as the story of Pilgrims, peace treaties, and a perfectly choreographed dinner that supposedly set the tone for American unity.

But if you grew up in a Black Southern family, you know that narrative barely grazes the surface of what this holiday means in our homes. For us, Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Plymouth Rock.

It’s about the people in our kitchen, the recipes nobody measures, the familiar arguments,

and the survival stories baked into every dish on the table.

Black families in the South didn’t inherit Thanksgiving in the same way the country teaches it.