The Unbearable Whiteness of Milk: Food Oppression and the USDA
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چکیده
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1251 I. Food Oppression ....................................................................................................... 1254 II. Milk Does a Body Good? ....................................................................................... 1257 III. Structural and Cultural Analysis of the USDA’s Promotion of the Dairy Industry ....................................................................................... 1263 A. Structural Analysis ...................................................................................... 1263 1. Challenges Facing the USDA as a Multi-Role Agency ................. 1263 2. Federal Dietary Guidelines ................................................................ 1264 3. Distribution .......................................................................................... 1266 B. Cultural Analysis .......................................................................................... 1268 1. Nutritional Racism .............................................................................. 1268 2. Healthism, Biomedical Individualism, and Biological Race ......... 1269 i. Healthism........................................................................................ 1270 ii. Biomedical individualism ............................................................ 1273 iii. Biological race .............................................................................. 1273 3. The Whiteness of Food Culture ....................................................... 1274 C. Fast Food and Food Deserts .................................................................... 1276 Conclusion: Legal Strategies ........................................................................................ 1277
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