Race & Racism 9/23

Sistah Vegan Blog:
A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Ethical Foodscape'...and Beyond

Jun 20, 2015

Anti-Racism App: Current and Future Possibilities?

After writing about food and technology the other month, I have begun to investigate the potential that internet and smartphone...

Jun 20, 2015

Developing a New App? Avoid One of the Most Common Critical Diversity Mistakes

Here are some thoughts I wanted to share as I download food related apps throughout the last year, I noticed that this mistake is almost...

May 26, 2015

From Seed to Table[t]: Can Foodie-Tech Startups Change a Neoliberal, Racist, and Capitalist [Food] S

On CNN.com, I watched this video: Will Blue Apron Kill your Grocery Store?. Since watching it, so many questions and comments have popped...

May 4, 2015

"What is systemic racism? Is that really a 'thing'?"

Race Forward Answers, because I’m kind of sick of repeating myself 🙂 Please read The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander to understand...

Apr 4, 2015

What is 'conscious' veganism? Can it be post-racial? Should it critique racism in the food

Will there ever be ‘conscious’ raw foods or vegan cookbooks that make it to the mainstream that are ‘conscious’ about not using language...

Feb 6, 2015

Pigs as Cops, Cops as Pigs: What Does a Vegan Praxis of Black Lives Matter Look Like Beyond Speciesi

About an hour ago, I was looking through the work of Emory Douglas (see image below and click on it to go to the link to the book). I...

Jan 29, 2015

No More Auction Block: Black Feminist Pro-Vegan Spirituals (Singing Struggle, Singing Hope)

Sistah Vegan Conference: “The Vegan Praxis of Black Lives Matter”. April 24-25, 2015. Click Here for More Info. Like what we do? Consider...

Jan 13, 2015

Dear Post-Racial White Vegans: 'All Lives Matter' is a Racial Microagression Contributing

Dear Post-Racial White Vegans: This is not the first time I have had to sit down and write a letter to the collectivity of you who...

Jan 13, 2015

BLACK LIVES MATTER, NEW VEGAN CAFES IN GENTRIFIED FORMER BLACK COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER CONFERENCE TOP

[I am reposting this with updated information and title. This was originally posted on January 12, 2015.] The Vegan Praxis of Black Lives...

Jan 12, 2015

Black Lives Matter, New Vegan Cafes in Gentrified Former Black Communities, and Conference Questions

The Vegan Praxis of Black Lives Matter, April 2015 online Conference: Conference Link: http://www.sistahveganconference.com Black Lives...