Download or read book Getting What We Need Ourselves written by Jennifer Jensen Wallach and published by American Ways. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-generational story begins before the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa and ends with a discussion of contemporary African American vegans. Demonstrating that food has been both a tool of empowerment and a weapon of white supremacy, this study documents the symbolic power of food alongside an ongoing struggle for food access.