Hi, I’m Jazz!

Welcome to my amazing crazy vegan life! I went became vegan on August 12, 2017 and it was easily the best decision of my life. There’s a multitude of reasons I went vegan but I always sum it up with these 4 reasons: the animals, the environment, my health, and for the culture. PERIODT.

So welcome to my diary! A Diary of a Mad Black Vegan. There is so much that i’m MAD about. Keep in mind love there are multiple definitions of the word MAD. Let’s start with the most obvious “intensely angry” definition. James Baldwin once said “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost all of the time.” When I opened my mind to the corruption of the food industry; the ways in which systemic and systematic racism and discrimination are permeated all through that mess, I became so disgusted and angry. It infuriates me to know there are food deserts in so many black neighborhoods that were strategically redlined and set up to have liquor stores and fast food spots on every corner to literally kill us. Whereas, Whole Foods and organic markets only exist in white and gentrified neighborhoods. Don’t even get me started on the abuse and treatment of the animals we share this planet with and how animal agriculture is the #1 cause of climate change.

But I did say there was a duality to my madness right? With regards to the “carried away by enthusiasm” definition of MAD, I’m insanely enthusiastic when it comes to all things VEGAN! Vegan food is sooo bomb and I feel like when you go vegan you enter into a brand new world full of adventure and surprises; not to mention the amazing community of vegans on the internet and in real life.

To be BLACK AF and VEGAN AF takes it to a whole different level and that’s what I’m here for. I’m in this to provide representation and to teach everybody and their grandma that the vegan lifestyle is it. Welcome to my world. Stay as long as you’d like.