It all started with a delicious pot of red rice at his Aunt Shirley’s house.
Before he was known for his Black food facts, KJ Kearney was a Democratic candidate vying for a spot in South Carolina’s House of Representatives. In 2018, two years after his loss, he merged his love for rice, his Gullah-Geechee heritage and political advocacy in one proclamation.
“In South Carolina, we have a holiday called Confederate Memorial Day,” Kearney told TODAY Food. “My mind frame is how do we make change without being overt about it. I thought, what I’m going to do is write a new holiday.”
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