# Do Black People Taste Different Then White People? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454 "2011-07-18T15:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/81 "2011-07-29T03:54:45Z")
Where’s Jeffrey Dahmer when you need him? I think his preferred cooking method was boiling, no? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/82 "2011-07-29T06:36:29Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > WWZJE? > > I am sooo going to hell. Or I might be… I misread the acronym and thought “Hopefully, Beyoncé, or else she’ll be one _very_ unhappy Diva.” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/83 "2011-07-29T13:26:01Z")
This thread sums up everything I love about the SDMB. You guys are friggin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/84 "2011-07-29T14:38:44Z")
Wait, hold everything! _People rinds,_ folks—The secret is in the skin! Crispy, crunchy, deep fried skin puffs. Now, we just have to determine if melanin adds a certain zing… ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/85 "2011-08-01T20:25:05Z")
How about the diet ? Do vegetarians taste better then omniverous people ? How about Vegans. I can see the adverts Southern fried people…they’re corn fed for extra flavour ! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/86 "2011-08-01T22:34:24Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > This thread is is sponsored by Daniel Tosh. This must be true, I have proof…SHhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/89 "2016-06-20T06:08:37Z")
Okay, can we PLEASE have a rule that people whose first post on the Dope resurrects a zombie have to explain what they were doing that led them to the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/90 "2016-06-20T06:09:39Z")
According to dragons, virgins are where the real flavor is at. Also, word to the wise; try to avoid these zombies. Just way too old and gamey. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/91 "2016-06-20T06:12:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Okay, can we PLEASE have a rule that people whose first post on the Dope resurrects a zombie have to explain what they were doing that led them to the thread? “Looking for something to get offended by” in this case, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/92 "2016-06-20T06:17:00Z")
I’ve got half-Japanese twins… one totally smells like wet dog, and the other does not. However according to their mother their colons are both well longer than mine. So, there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/93 "2016-06-20T08:46:09Z")
This far into the thread, and no one has pointed out it should be “than” instead of “then”?!? :dubious: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/94 "2016-06-20T12:40:00Z")
In my experience ;), meat tastes of wherever it’s been, not its ethnicity. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/95 "2016-06-20T13:59:13Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Upon further thought. It turns out that people can detect the major histocompatibility complex, an important component of the immune system [by scent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Histocompatibility_Complex_and_Sexual_Selection#The_Relationship_Between_Olfaction_and_MHC), and it affects whether they find someone attractive or not. So, wild speculation time: Scent is a component of taste, and the different “races” _might_ just have enough of a consistent difference in their MHCs to lend them a different taste. I suspect that’s minor compared to the difference in flavor that diet would make. People who eat bears say it makes an enormous difference to the flavor what they’ve been eating recently. And the most expensive pork and beef is special not due to the breed but doe to the diet the animals have. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Okay, can we PLEASE have a rule that people whose first post on the Dope resurrects a zombie have to explain what they were doing that led them to the thread? No. because sort of consistently, new people will not be up on all the rules and customs of this site. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/96 "2016-06-20T15:08:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Okay, can we PLEASE have a rule that people whose first post on the Dope resurrects a zombie have to explain what they were doing that led them to the thread? > [@puzzlegal](#): > > No. because sort of consistently, new people will not be up on all the rules and customs of this site. Because I know nothing of writing software, I’m going to assert that it would be easy to write an algorithm, that would: 1) recognize a poster’s first post; B) calculate an arbitrary cutoff for date of last post that would identify a zombie resurrection; and iii) hold the post for moderator review, to be released when a moderator is satisfied that the requirement has been met. Also, they could write the requirement into the Terms of Use, so it’s enforceable. EVERYBODY reads those, right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/97 "2016-06-21T03:39:55Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Bah. Anecdotal evedence, at best. > > We’re going to need a lot of volunteers, and some blindfolds. It’s time for _ **SCIENCE!!** _ > > We’re also going to need a palate cleanser of some kind. Sorbet, maybe some crackers. > > – > This could be the best dopefest ever . . . Is it too late to volunteer? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/98 "2016-06-21T03:49:17Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Is it too late to volunteer? Just exactly what are you volunteering for? Taster, or entree? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/99 "2016-06-21T05:17:19Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > This far into the thread, and no one has pointed out it should be “than” instead of “then”?!? :dubious: :smack: In this post-literate age, “than” and “then” are considered interchangeable. How elitist of you to point out the alleged error!! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/100 "2016-06-21T15:09:04Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I’ve got half-Japanese twins… one totally smells like wet dog, and the other does not. However according to their mother their colons are both well longer than mine. So, there’s that. Fascinating. Does the smelly dog one’s shit differ than the non-smelly one? Do their shits differ from yours in some Japanese way due to their longer Japanese colons? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/101 "2016-06-21T19:29:49Z")
Where the bloody hell is **Mangetout** when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454/102 "2016-06-21T19:37:32Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Where the bloody hell is **Mangetout** when you need him? He’s in the bathroom puking his guts out. A man’s got to know his limitations. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454.md?page=6)