Summary Of Fast Food Oppression Through Poor Diet

Austin, Bryn. “Clustering of Fast-Food Restaurants Around Schools: A Novel Application of Spatial Statistics to the Study of Food Environments”. US National Library Of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 09 September 2005. 29 January 2016. According to the primary research by Austin Bryn and published in the US National Library Of Medicine National Institutes of Health, one of fast foods main targets is public schools and children. According to Austin, “nearly 80% of Chicago schools have at least one fast food restaurant within a half-mile of the school” (Austin). Austin states that fast food companies market towards schools because children and students are viewed as easy targets in this industry. Austin believes that fast food companies

“Fast Food: Oppression Through Poor Nutrition.” California Law Review, 1 December 2007. 26 January 2016. According to “Fast Food: Oppression Through Poor Nutrition” by Andrea Freeman“fast food’s style and service create a relatively welcoming and democratic atmosphere appealing to communities that historically have experienced discrimination and disrespect while eating in public” (Freeman). Freeman uses her own primary research to support her beliefs that fast food’s popularity is due to the fact that fast food appeals to the minorities and to lower social class people. Freeman thinks that when lower class people see that they can finally afford to take their families out to eat, they like the idea of feeling like a higher class citizen and thus fast food appeals to them. Freeman also believes that fast food appeals to minority citizens because there is no way that racism can be shown at a fast food restaurant. She states that at a fast food restaurant everyone, including minorities, can choose where they sit and will not be seated in the worst part of the restaurant, all of the food is identical so they cannot be given a smaller portion or lower quality food, and one pays upfront so waitresses and chefs do not have to worry about not getting money therefore they are treated more as equals. Andrea Freeman is a credential author for many reasons. Freeman graduated with honors and her bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto and she also has her Juris Doctor Degree from UC Berkeley School of Law. Freeman is now a Professor and she teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, and Race and Law. Freeman has written many articles about race and class, health, economics, food policy, and she focuses a lot of her articles on food oppression. She has shared these articles with many different institutions including Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, New York University, UC Berkeley School of Law, UCLA School of Law, Boston