A fascinating article by Abbas Asaria in The Guardian today about the proliferation of pork-based products in Spanish food and the link to the Inquisition. This makes sense, but even more fascinating is how this turns into racist memes, like using phrases like “So-and-so eats ham” (even if they are from North African or Muslim backgrounds – this means “here’s one of us”) or leaving comments below articles that say, “But he doesn’t eat ham” (so clearly not one of us). It seems that the shadow the Inquisition is long.
