White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation

by Naa Oyo A. Kwate

Book Overview

The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community

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 White Burgers, Black Cash, Naa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517911095
• ISBN13: 9781517911096
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.1" x 9.1"