Art & Identity in New Orleans

For my final project, I will be writing a short story about a couple planning a dinner date at home. One character, Maria Tran, is a Vietnamese American who was born and raised in New Orleans. The other character, Sasha Scales, is an African American woman who grew up in Southwest Virginia. As they plan and share recipes that they grew up on, they also discuss what it means to be from where they are from, as well as their experiences as women of color who are also LGBTA. I wanted to write this because I wanted to explore the intersectionality of one’s identity in New Orleans, as well as the community that my parents are from, and discuss some of the foods that are associated with New Orleans and the Southern African American community.