{"product_id":"9781517911096-white-burgers-black-cash","title":"White Burgers, Black Cash","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, fast food is disproportionately located in Black neighborhoods and marketed to Black Americans through targeted advertising. But throughout much of the twentieth century, fast food was developed specifically for White urban and suburban customers, purposefully avoiding Black spaces. In \u003ci\u003eWhite Burgers, Black Cash\u003c\/i\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. \u003ci\u003eWhite Burgers, Black Cash\u003c\/i\u003e 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, grippingly told, and brimming with surprising details, \u003ci\u003eWhite Burgers, Black Cash\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inequalities embedded in the closest thing Americans have to a national meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40823519051873,"sku":"9781517911096","price":31.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38265122.jpg?v=1763862726","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781517911096-white-burgers-black-cash","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}