Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice, (2020, University of Minnesota Press), edited by Hanna Garth and Ashanté M. Reese, analyzes how Blackness is contested through food, differing ideas of what makes our sustenance “healthy,” and Black individuals’ own beliefs about what their cuisine should be. This comprehensive look at Black food culture and the various forms of violence that threaten the future of this cuisine centers Blackness in a field that has too often framed Black issues through a white-centric lens, offering new ways to think about access, privilege, equity, and justice.

Join us for a moderated panel discussion of this important new work. The evening will begin with an overview of the volume, followed by short readings by several chapter authors, a moderated panel, and questions from the audience.

Schedule:

• Dr. Ashanté M. Reese will give an overview of the book, setting the stage for the readings.

• Dr. Hanna Garth will read from her chapter “Blackness and “Justice” in the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement.”

• Dr. Analena Hope Hassberg will read from her chapter “Nurturing the Revolution: The Black Panther Party and the Early Seeds of the Food Justice Movement.”

• Dr. Kimberly Kasper will read from her chapter “’Preserve and Add Flavor’”: Barbecue as Resistance in Memphis.”

• Dr. Andrew Newman and Dr. Yuson Jung will read from their chapter “Good Food in a Racist System: Competing Moral Economies in Detroit.”

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The panel will be moderated by Dr. Kristin Reynolds, faculty member in the Food Studies and Environmental Studies programs at The New School.

This event is part of our Spring 2021 Food Studies event series “Food and Power.”

Presented by Food Studies Program at the Schools of Public Engagement.