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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.36,0:00:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanksgiving is a magical time when most Americans\Ncome together with family to gorge themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.74,0:00:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point of a full-blown food-coma.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.76,0:00:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, and give thanks, be grateful, and that\Nstuff too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.18,0:00:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given that food is such a cornerstone of our\Nsocial interactions and traditions, holidays—and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.26,0:00:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanksgiving in particular—can be very intimidating\Nfor new and existing vegans.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.81,0:00:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And aside from the logistics of what to eat\Nand how to deal with your loved ones, the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.74,0:00:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethical issues surrounding this "day of thanks"\Nare quite troubling: from the very first Thanksgiving's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foundation upon the slaughter of an indigenous\Npeople to the annual tradition revolving around
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.44,0:00:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mass slaughter of turkeys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.53,0:00:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is a vegan to handle a holiday so loaded\Nwith (potential) landmines?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.78,0:00:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just leave it to this guide to help you navigate\NThanksgiving like a pro—from "surviving"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.83,0:00:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your non-vegan family to dropping "fun fact"\Nhistorical truth bombs at the table to even
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.58,0:01:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educating effectively about the ethics of\Nexploitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.25,0:01:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that's something to be thankful for!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.31,0:01:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, It’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and\Nwelcome to another vegan nugget.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.75,0:01:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a quick FYI: you can find all of the\Nvideos, guides and resources I'll be mentioning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.95,0:01:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this video's post on BiteSizeVegan.org
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.70,0:01:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we dig into what to eat for Thanksgiving,\Nlet's take a look at where (and how) this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.94,0:01:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all started.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.31,0:01:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impress your family with your historical prowess\Nwhile secretly busting out an educational
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.24,0:01:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activism sneak-attack with the true history\Nof this twisted holiday in The Truth About
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.86,0:01:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanksgiving
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.86,0:01:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Today, this relationship established between\Nthe Wampanoag and the pilgrims is mourned
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.53,0:01:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Wampanoag who gather every year with\Nhundreds of native people at Cole’s Hill
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.67,0:01:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overlooking Plymouth Rock for the national\Nday of mourning, on what we know as Thanksgiving."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.31,0:01:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I’m not here to spoil your holiday or\Ninvalidate your family traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.56,0:02:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simply want to take a look at both the origins\Nof Thanksgiving and the current practices
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.42,0:02:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved with its observance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.52,0:02:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us Americans grow up with the romantic\Nrecitation of the first Thanksgiving with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.72,0:02:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Pilgrims and "Indians" coming together\Nto feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.97,0:02:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this holiday has a human cost at its foundation—for\Nall its warm and fuzzy feelings, Thanksgiving
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.29,0:02:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is essentially the celebration of genocide\Nwith genocide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.45,0:02:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find more Thanksgiving truth in the\Nfull video "The Truth About Thanksgiving."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.59,0:02:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that you know how this whole Thanksgiving\Nthing started, you may not feel so celebratory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.66,0:02:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who's to say you don't start your own\Ntradition altogether?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.70,0:02:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, going vegan doesn't mean giving up\Nyour favorite holiday-tied tastes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.75,0:02:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given how un-gifted I am when it comes to\Nthe kitchen, I teamed up with some meal-mastering
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.39,0:02:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegan YouTubers to bring you the “how to”\Nof an epically ethical Thanksgiving dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.47,0:02:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Does a turkey-free Thanksgiving sound desolate\Nand wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.69,0:02:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is your only impression of a vegan Thanksgiving\Nthis thing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.80,0:03:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[screeching horror sound effect] "Well fear\Nnot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.09,0:03:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I've brought in a team of specialists\Nto create an epic vegan spread for your holiday
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.01,0:03:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meal."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.01,0:03:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grab all of the recipes and get all of the\Ntasty details in that full video and playlist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.73,0:03:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're anything like me, one of the hardest\Nparts of this holiday is the pain of knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.02,0:03:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the turkeys we break, breed, confine\Nand kill experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That awareness can make it incredibly challenging\Nto be around non-vegan friends and family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much less try to talk to them about the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.49,0:03:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My "Draw My Life" video covering the life\Nof a turkey offers a way to introduce loved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ones to what turkeys experience—with all\Nof the weight of their suffering, but without
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.22,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a single graphic image.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.47,0:03:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consisting entirely of marker-board-drawings\Nand a poetic voice-over, this video follows
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.27,0:03:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the abbreviated five-month lifespan of a single\Nturkey:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.63,0:03:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I’m up against my sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.07,0:03:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s hard to breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.41,0:03:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.78,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No beaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No toes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.78,0:03:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No room.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.51,0:04:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our very first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.76,0:04:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time passes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.76,0:04:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grow so fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.57,0:04:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all grow so fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.43,0:04:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My legs can’t lift me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.32,0:04:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sister tries to use her wings to inch to\Nthe food.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.91,0:04:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others gave up long ago."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.60,0:04:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find the written poem-transcript and\Nresources for learning about what turkeys
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.82,0:04:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience on that post.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.34,0:04:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing fits a family gathering quit like\Nsharing anecdotal trivia about bizarre governmental
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.43,0:04:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.81,0:04:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impress your family with your know-how about\Nthe strange history of turkey pardons (and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.12,0:04:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lay down some turkey truth while you're at\Nit!)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.96,0:04:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year, the President of the United States\Npardons two turkeys from being slaughtered
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.86,0:04:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Thanksgiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.45,0:04:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what most people don’t realize about\Nthis supposedly lighthearted tradition is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.65,0:04:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the majority of pardoned turkeys die\Nwithin a year of their pardon:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.13,0:04:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This extravagant production, run by the lobbyist\Norganization the National Turkey Federation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.99,0:04:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially serves as an extended governmental\Ninfomercial for the turkey industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.69,0:05:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Federation’s annual turkey gifting began\Nmore or less in 1947 when angry farmers sent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.40,0:05:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crates of live hens to President Truman in\Nprotest of his failed “poultryless Thursday”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.11,0:05:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempt to reduce national meat and egg consumption"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.63,0:05:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find more about the turkey pardons\Non that post.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.82,0:05:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most powerfully effective way to make\Nthe connection between the body on our plate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.07,0:05:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the being they once were is to look them\Ndirectly in the eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.58,0:05:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I streamed this footage live to YouTube from\Na turkey slaughterhouse near me here in Iowa
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.86,0:05:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just before Thanksgiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.96,0:05:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even this small slaughterhouse alone kills\Nover 20,000 turkeys a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.13,0:05:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stayed with them for hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.28,0:05:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Iowa cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.46,0:05:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were terrified.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.40,0:05:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Covered in feces and sores.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.04,0:05:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wheezing from respiratory infections and the\Nweight of their overgrown bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.34,0:05:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some already dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.26,0:05:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within hours of this footage, they had all\Nbeen killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.15,0:06:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dragged through an electrified water tank\Nbefore having their throats slit open.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.56,0:06:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All for families to gather over their corpses\Nand "give thanks."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.24,0:06:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is nothing to be thankful for.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.55,0:06:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the full live stream and find\Nmore resources on that post.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.40,0:06:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that we've covered the hows and whys of\Na vegan Thanksgiving, and the disturbing origins
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.98,0:06:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the holiday itself, I'll leave you with\Nsomething perhaps even more disturbing: your
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.04,0:06:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.24,0:06:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holidays can be a challenging time regardless\Nof your dietary inclination.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.01,0:06:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you’re vegan in a family of non-vegans\Nand/or surrounded by non-vegan friends, things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.86,0:06:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get even less merry.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.99,0:06:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fear not because today I’m going to\Nshare my top tips for staying vegan during
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.70,0:06:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the holidays.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.41,0:06:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a sneak peek:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.54,0:06:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tip #8: Beware The Stealth Dishes & Make\NAlternatives!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.94,0:06:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuffing is usually baked in the gutted out\Nbody cavity of a turkey carcass.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.01,0:07:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, don’t bake it inside the gutted\Nout body cavity of a turkey carcass.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.95,0:07:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe use a casserole dish."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.100,0:07:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you always have the option of not eating\Nwith your family and friends for the holidays,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.53,0:07:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to be with loved ones who still\Neat…well, loved ones, hopefully these tips
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.80,0:07:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.85,0:07:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find more resources on social situations,\Nnon-vegan family interaction, and holiday
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.56,0:07:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recipes on that post.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.32,0:07:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope this holiday guide has helped you get\Ngrateful for your "vegan vision," while finding
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.84,0:07:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tools for handling the challenges that come\Nwith such awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.61,0:07:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While going vegan can be daunting when thinking\Nof holidays and social gatherings, it also
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.77,0:07:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opens up opportunities for creativity and\Neducating others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.53,0:07:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please share this guide around to help other\Nvegans and vegans-to-be!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.96,0:07:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember to head on over to the linked website\Npost for all of the information and linked
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.11,0:07:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.11,0:07:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To support the creation of free resources\Nlike this, check out the support links below
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.41,0:07:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the sidebar.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.96,0:07:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now go live vegan and I'll see you soon.