This book really is a necessary read in understanding the impact of fast food on Black America, not even just health-wise, but economically. And, as we dig into with this book, that isn’t exactly the case. Black Americans were specifically targeted as franchise owners, and many were eager because they thought that they could get a leg up economically if they owned a McDonalds. It’s really sad, one of my mother’s coworkers would love this one drink but couldn’t find it anywhere because there’s no grocery store in the ghetto he lives in, and so my mother would buy it for him and take it to work.įranchise touches upon the themes of capitalism and race in contemporary American history, specifically when McDonalds began to popularize the concept of franchises. Many poorer neighborhoods in these parts don’t have access to fresh vegetables, so the people are addicted to the fast food that is only around them. Baltimore is a city known for its poverty, and something I often heard about was the concept of a food desert. I wanted to read it immediately due to its subject matter, as someone who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. I discovered this book, like many other people, when it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021.
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