Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now

by Naa Oyo A. Kwate

Exposes and explores the prevalence of racist restaurant branding in the United States

Aunt Jemima is the face of pancake mix. Uncle Ben sells rice. Chef Rastus shills for Cream of Wheat. Stereotyped Black faces and bodies have long promoted retail food products that are household names. Much less visible to the public are the numerous restaurants that deploy unapologetically racist logos, themes, and architecture. These marketing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517908027
• ISBN13: 9781517908027
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 6.9"