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Two white women accused of cultural appropriation shut down their Oregon burrito shop
Everything was going great for Kali Wilgus and Liz “LC” Connelly. Their new pop-up burrito shop in Portland, Ore., managed to kick up a buzz around town.
With French fries tucked inside the tortillas with eggs, cheese and guacamole, and served with neon-colored salsas, the burritos were Instagram-ready.
The woman called their business Kooks Burritos.
Then on May 16 the Willamette Week ran a story explaining how a trip to Mexico in December inspired them – and things quickly went south.
The story dropped like a bomb, with online critics immediately accusing the women of “stealing” recipes from Mexico and charging them with cultural appropriation.
The fallout grew so loud – defenders of the women cyber-yelling at critics for being too politically correct – that over the last few days the women have closed the shop.
One man on Facebook called this “one of the most embarrassing episodes in Portland history.”
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