A friend told me this was rooted in classism. Basically they used to use spices, but when their exploitation flooded the market with cheap spices it became available to the lower class, and that turned the perception into a bad thing.
A friend told me this was rooted in classism. Basically they used to use spices, but when their exploitation flooded the market with cheap spices it became available to the lower class, and that turned the perception into a bad thing.