Some Chinese Canadians embrace ‘white people food’ movement, others are baffled

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Cheese sticks and a bagel. A boiled egg with raw broccoli. A fat ball of burrata cheese sitting atop a pile of green grapes. Open this photo in gallery: Richmond, B.C., resident Lesley Pen shows off her lunch in a June 10 handout photo.Lesley Pen/The Canadian Press Welcome to the divisive world of “white people food,” a movement that has exploded in popularity among Chinese Canadian communities, both as an internet hashtag and lifestyle philosophy. At its core are depictions of simple – some might say depressing – meals. Plain, often raw, and devoid of sauces and flourish, the meals...