People in Nevada are more racially diverse than a lot of swing states. About 40% of

voters in Nevada are not white. Does that shape their views of issues like

inflation and immigration? Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both gambling on Las Vegas.

Here from Nevada voters all this week on NPR's Consider This Podcast. Ola Mijente, I'm Lori Lissaraga and you're listening to Ask Code Switch.

The show where we tackle your questions about race and identity, you know, the kind of questions that you can really only ask Coates Witch.

Today's caller question has us thinking about the influence that race and

class have on your tongue. So stay with me. I'm not talking about the church variety of speaking in tongues and no

this is not an episode for you and your partner. That's next week.

I'm talking about the literal function of your tongue.

Taste.

Hi, Coatswich.

My name is Anton Allequin and I'm calling from Washington, D.C.

I grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania,

which is a predominantly white town.

My parents immigrated from the Philippines

and being in a predominantly white area, one of the only ways that we could stay connected with our Filipino culture was food.

Growing up, I felt very insecure about my food preferences versus my white friends food

preferences and I think I started developing a understanding or perception

that food preferences were stratified based on race.

When I moved to a city that was more diverse, I started seeing that that wasn't necessarily

always the case, and so I wanted to know more about the historical context and the social

context behind food preferences like how do race and class affect food preference

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