Racialized Rhetorics of Food Politics:  Black Farmers, the Case of Shirley Sherrod, and Struggle for Land Equity and Access

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Analysis of food from its production side is still a comparatively rare topic in rhetorical studies. By analyzing how radical rhetorics in food- and agriculture-related discourses enable economic and political disparities between African-American and Caucasian farmers, this article reveals how such discourses have affected the U.S. public’s understanding of the federal government’s farm subsidy programs.

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Race relations, social media, rhetorical tropes, USDA

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Schell, E. & Arduser, L. & Bennett, J. & Kolodziejski, L. & Sastry, S. & Strait, L., (2015) “Racialized Rhetorics of Food Politics: Black Farmers, the Case of Shirley Sherrod, and Struggle for Land Equity and Access”, POROI 11(1): 6, 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1214

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Eileen Schell (Syracuse University)
Lora Arduser (University of Cincinnati)
Jeannie Bennett (Texas Tech University)
Lauren Kolodziejski (California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo)
Shaunak Sastry (University of Cincinnati)
L. Paul Strait (University of Southern California)

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