One of the most confounding things about grifters is that they tend to be as bold as they are uninformed. Everyone can google simple facts, and yet people will still try to rewrite history with themselves as the star. One recent appropriator is a white woman living in the Pacific Northwest who recently “discovered” congee, a dish that has been around for literally thousands of years, and is currently trying to profit off of an “improved" version. You have one guess as to what her first name is.
Karen Taylor of Oregon has gallingly claimed to be the “Queen of Congee,” a pan-Asian breakfast dish that has roots in the Zhou dynasty of 1000 B.C., through a company she founded. The brand, called Breakfast Cure, sells shippable packages of the remixed porridge dish for up to $15 for a single packet.
