Food Culture Vs Western Culture Essay

Even now, there are still people who refuse to accept on other culture's food traditions. We cannot force a person to stop eating one thing just because someone else personally does not like it. This kind of discrimination especially happens between Western/Americans and Eastern/Asian culture. we know that the food culture is different between the East and the West. In the East, some Asians eat dog meat, but people in the West do not eat dog meat. Many Westerners and a few Easterners dislike “Yulin” a place where people eat dogs years round. There is a festival each year in Yulin in which over ten thousand dogs are killed for their meat. Although eating dog meat is considered unacceptable in Western culture, it is considered a traditional delicacy in Eastern culture. Yulin is a city located in southeastern Guangxi in China. Traditionally, a large amount of dog meat is served around June 20. This date is called “The Dog Meat Festival”. The Dog Meat Festival is held to celebrate the longest day of the year, when the summer solstice is approaching. During the festival, people eat a lot of dog meat and lychee. Easterners
Western people treat dogs like a treasure, a loyal companion or a part of their family. This is why Westerners think killing a dog is cruel and wrong. Westerners think they are better than Easterners’, so Westerners, as well as some Easterners/Asian animal lovers want other people to follow their views about dogs. It is wrong for others to judge the Asian cultural and demand that they stop eating dog meat since westerners also eat animal meat and a dog is just another animal. Still, we can consider westerners as hypocrites since they are also meat eaters. In this case, only vegetarians have the right to fight against The Dog Meat Festival and not be considered hypocrites because they do not eat any