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A Fish Tale on a Macro Scale: How Sushi Has Changed Globalization (and the World)

Knowledge at Wharton·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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In John Hughes’ smash 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, five teenagers from different social cliques spend a Saturday together in detention. There is the jock, whose identity is wrapped up in athletic achievement. There is the nerd, who is book smart and socially awkward. There is the moody basket case who wears black and broods about death. There is the equally moody rebel, who smokes and swears and defies authority. And there is the princess, whose clothes are hot, whose manners are cold, and whose lunch speaks volumes about the rarified social atmosphere in which she moves. While the others bring sandwiches — if they bring anything at all — she brings sushi, elegantly arranged on a fragile Japanese dish. The others don’t even recognize what she’s eating, and when she explains what sushi is — “rice, raw fish and seaweed” — the rebel mocks her for her willingness to eat it.…

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