To the editors:
I’m deeply offended by the gross inaccuracies of your February 24 article on a Cajun restaurant in Oak Park that should have been balanced by the author’s knowledge which obviously was woefully lacking or professionalism, i.e., a little bit of research.
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I couldn’t believe the restaurant owner, Patsy Younghouse, was actually talking about Creoles as if they are white. Simply watching Frank’s Place on T.V. could have taught the writer and her that much. I can’t help but wonder what black women did her grandmother or grandmother’s mother get her recipes from. It’s a sad commentary on this country when white people like Younghouse are still defining blackness in their own racist terms by whitewashing whatever they deem notable and distinct about it–that is to make something over as white or white inspired.
Mara Scudder Near North
