Moderator

Marsha Bollinger, Winthrop University

Panel Title

Food and Agriculture

Start Date

22-2-2019 8:20 AM

Session Number

Session I

Description

This proposal will describe the American agriculture system. The focus will be on the racism institutions within the american agriculture system has shown against African American farmers. This proposal then discusses how discrimination in agriculture policies has shaped modern day African Americans mindset when it comes to food production in american as a whole. There is currently a lack of African American participation in farming and food production. This proposal will argue that the lack of African Americans in food production today is due to the historical discrimination against African American farmers and how this discrimination shaped the mindset that food production in America is a lobar solely for white Americans.

Keywords

american agriculture, environmental racism, food production

Your Title/College/Department/Program

Student at Winthrop University. Environmental studies and political science majors.

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Feb 22nd, 8:20 AM Feb 22nd, 9:35 AM

The American Agriculture System: A History of Racism, Power, and the Construction of the American Mindset

This proposal will describe the American agriculture system. The focus will be on the racism institutions within the american agriculture system has shown against African American farmers. This proposal then discusses how discrimination in agriculture policies has shaped modern day African Americans mindset when it comes to food production in american as a whole. There is currently a lack of African American participation in farming and food production. This proposal will argue that the lack of African Americans in food production today is due to the historical discrimination against African American farmers and how this discrimination shaped the mindset that food production in America is a lobar solely for white Americans.