{"product_id":"white-burgers-black-cash-fast-food-from-black-exclusion-to-exploitation","title":"White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is what the publisher tells us about the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through trgeted advertising. But throughout much of the twentieth century, fast food was developed specifically for White urban and suburban customers, purposefully avoiding Black spaces. In \u003cem\u003eWhite Burgers, Black Cash\u003c\/em\u003e, Naa Oyo A. Kwate traces the evolution in fast food from the early 1900s to the present, from its long history of racist exclusion to its current damaging embrace of urban Black communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast food has historically been tied to the country’s self-image as the land of opportunity and is marketed as one of life’s simple pleasures, but a more insidious history lies at the industry’s core. White Burgers, Black Cash investigates the complex trajectory of restaurant locations from a decided commitment to Whiteness to the disproportionate densities that characterize Black communities today. Kwate expansively charts fast food’s racial and spatial transformation and centers the cities of Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C., in a national examination of the biggest brands of today, including White Castle, KFC, Burger King, McDonald’s, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched, compellingly told, and brimming with surprising details, White Burgers, Black Cash reveals the inequalities embedded in America’s popular national food tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Beard Foundation: James Beard Media Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship — Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrban Affairs Association Best Book in Urban Affairs — Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssociation for Humanist Sociology Betty and McClung Lee Book Award — Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Caucus of the American Library Association — Honor, Nonfiction category\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuseum of African American History Stone Book Award — Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBusiness History Conference: Hagley Prize — Finalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssociation for the Study of Food and Society: ASFS Book Award — Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociety for the Study of Social Problems: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award — Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword: INDIES — Silver winner, History category\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaa Oyo A. Kwate is a nonfiction writer and interdisciplinary scholar focused on African American urban life. She has previously served on the faculties of Columbia and Rutgers University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePaperback. Black-and-white illustrations and maps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMNP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41719568203909,"sku":"Naa Oyo A. Kwate","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/WhiteBurgersCover.jpg?v=1792089497","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/white-burgers-black-cash-fast-food-from-black-exclusion-to-exploitation","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}