# So the whole MSG thing was racist hysteria? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 12, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-whole-msg-thing-was-racist-hysteria/954223 "2021-11-12T04:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-whole-msg-thing-was-racist-hysteria/954223/21 "2021-11-12T05:38:02Z")
Just some related threads, in case people have missed them: > [@MSG and racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msg-and-racism/927200): > > I know there’s a lot of noise on the internet about how bad people consider Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) to be, and then there’s also a fair bit of discussion about how those claims are overblown; this is fairly typical for any widespread claims about horrible health effects relating to a singular foodstuff or ingredient. We’ve seen it before with salt, fats, soy, red meat, carbohydrates etc, etc… But some of the MSG backlash contingent is claiming that the distrust of MSG was based on racism, … > [@Is MSG bad for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-msg-bad-for-you/847850): > > I’m seeing [Is the food additive MSG bad for you? - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/673/is-the-food-additive-msg-bad-for-you/) today. Which is interesting in a historical sense, but should have been put out to pasture long ago. Since the topic pops up frequently. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-whole-msg-thing-was-racist-hysteria/954223)._