Democracy and Inequality: Challenges and Possible Solutions

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 21.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale and History
  3. Background Environment
  4. Objectives
  5. The Problem
  6. Content
  7. The Unit
  8. Teaching Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  11. Bibliography of Children’s Literature Reading List
  12. Bibliography
  13. Notes

Can They Escape from Hot Cheetos & Takis? Black Appetite, White Food: Examining Issues of Race, Democracy, and Place

Debra D. Jenkins

Published September 2021

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Bibliography

Alkon, Alison Hope. Black, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2012.

Charles, Shamard, and M.d. "Junk Food Ads Disproportionately Target Black and Hispanic Kids, Study Finds." NBCNews.com. June 20, 2019. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/junk-food-ads-disproportionately-target-black-hispanic-kids-study-finds-n959111.

DAHL, ROBERT A. ON DEMOCRACY. Place of Publication Not Identified: YALE UNIV Press, 2021.

Deaton, Angus. The Great Escape - Health, Wealth, and the Origins Of: Inequality. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2015.

DeVault, Marjorie L. Feeding the Family: The Social Organization of Caring as Gendered Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Dewey, Caitlin. "Study: Black Children Are Exposed to Junk-food Ads Way More than White Kids Are." The Washington Post. April 29, 2019. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/15/study-black-children-are-exposed-to-junk-food-ads-way-more-than-white-kids-are/.

Grills, Cheryl, Sandra Villanueva, Andrew M. Subica, and Jason A. Douglas. "Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color." Preventive Medicine69 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.10.026.

Hilmers, Angela, David C. Hilmers, and Jayna Dave. "Neighborhood Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice." American Journal of Public Health102, no. 9 (2012): 1644-654. doi:10.2105/ajph.2012.300865.

Joassart, Pascale, and Fernando Javier Bosco. Food and Place a Critical Exploration. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

Li, Wenjun, G. Youssef, E. Procter-Gray, B. Olendzki, T. Cornish, R. Hayes, L. Churchill, K. Kane, K. Brown, and M. F. Magee. "Racial Differences in Eating Patterns and Food Purchasing Behaviors among Urban Older Women." The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging21, no. 10 (2016): 1190-199. doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0834-7.

Lyiscott, Jamila. Black Appetite, White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice within and beyond the Classroom. New York: Routledge, 2019.

Morisano, John O., and Mashama Bailey. Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant. California: Lorena Jones Books, an Imprint of Ten Speed Press, 2021.

Murphy, Ryan, Annie Daniel, and Mandi Cai. "Hearne ISD." Texas Public Schools. April 05, 2019. Accessed June 28, 2021. https://schools.texastribune.org/districts/hearne-isd/.

Russakoff, Dale. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of Americas Schools?Boston: Mariner Books, 2016.

Tweedy, Damon. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctors Reflections on Race and Medicine. New York: Picador, 2016.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee HEARNE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, Defendants-Appellants MUMFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, PETE J. BIENSKI, JR., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants (IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT August 09, 1970).

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