‘Even the bread was white’: Professor argues fast food industry is racist

The University of Pennsylvania will host a talk this month by a scholar who argues the fast food industry is racist.

The speech is titled “Even the Bread Was White: Race, Space, and the Transformation of Fast Food Over the 20th Century.” The virtual talk is slated for Feb. 15 and hosted by Penn’s School of Nursing.

The lecture will be given by Rutgers University Professor Naa Oyo Kwate, whose faculty bio states she specializes in social determinants of African American health.