Food Fusion
This popular New Orleans sandwich with Vietnamese influence uses a French bread called "bánh mì" but incorporates Cajun ingredients
What is a Po Boy
In Chicano English, the suffix "le" added to verbs creates this type of language phenomenon that switches between Spanish and English
What is code switching/Spanglish?
This dance music style that originated in Chicago's Black and Latino LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980s featured Roland TR-808 drum machines
What is house music?
This headwear associated with California Chicano culture was made from flannel shirts and worn with specific folding techniques
What are bandanas?
This celebration held annually in San Francisco's Japantown features traditional dancing called "Bon Odori"
What is Obon Festival?
This Korean-Mexican fusion dish featuring bulgogi in a corn tortilla first gained popularity from food trucks in Los Angeles
This term from AAVE that means genuine or authentic has been adopted into mainstream slang and is used to affirm someone's character or actions
What is keeping it real?
This stringed instrument central to bluegrass music has roots in African instruments brought by enslaved people and was developed by Black musicians
What is the banjo?
This Japanese-American fashion trend from Hawaii combines work shirts with a specific printing technique and is now considered formal wear there
What is the aloha shirt/Hawaiian shirt?
This community banking system used in West African immigrant communities involves members contributing to a rotating fund that each person can use in turn
What is a susu/rotating savings club?
This dish created by Chinese railroad workers combined available ingredients when traditional ones weren't available, leading to a stir-fry adaptation still popular today
What is Chop Suey?
In Cajun communities, this French-derived term for a small boat became a verb for a particular method of transportation through swamps
What is pirogue/to pirogue?
This jazz vocal technique developed by Black singers involves improvised syllables rather than words and was pioneered by artists like Ella Fitzgerald
What is scat singing?
These denim pants worn by pachuco youth in 1940s Mexican-American communities featured distinctive high waists and wide legs What are zoot suit pan
What are zoot suit pants?
This Native American tradition of giving away possessions to display wealth was criminalized by Canadian authorities until 1951
What is a potlatch ceremony?
African Americans in the Great Migration created this Chicago barbecue style featuring aquarium smokers and a distinctive sauce using a specific cut of pork
What is Chicago-Style Rib Tips?
This dialect feature found in Gullah communities along the South Carolina coast demonstrates retained African grammar through this specific noun pluralization method
What is zero marking plurals/unmarked plurals?
This musical style created by Puerto Rican and Cuban musicians in 1970s New York combined traditional rhythms with disco and featured specific types of breaks
What is Salsa/ NY Salsa?
This early hip-hop fashion element introduced by Dapper Dan in Harlem reimagined luxury brands using specific unauthorized textile techniques
what is the bootleg luxury/knock up fashion?
This coming-of-age celebration in Filipino-American communities involves a specific dance with candles and presents the young woman to society
What is a Filipina Debut?
This Caribbean method of cooking meat was brought to Florida by Bahamian immigrants in the 1800s and involves a specific vinegar brine and use of lime
What is sour orange marinade/Mojo sauce?
This linguistic feature in Hawaiian Pidgin English uses "stay" plus a verb to indicate what tense action that differs from standard English usage
What is continuous present tense?
This Mexican-American rock subgenre that emerged in 1960s East Los Angeles combined R&B with traditional ranchera music
What is chicano rock?
This distinctive hair styling method from the Black community that uses specific oils and protective elements dates back to ancient African traditions
What is protective braiding?
This funeral tradition in New Orleans' Black communities involves a brass band playing somber music on the way to the cemetery but this specific style on the return
What is a second line/ jazz funeral