Effects of race, class and gender to discrimination and inequality in the community.

Intersectionality theory revolves around the connection between the categorization of society based on race, class, and gender and the interconnection in their identities that helps them understand the common discrimination cases they face. The theory revolves around the different reasons or features of discrimination that affect individuals or a group of people due to their differences in race, gender, and class (Coaston, 1). In this, the theory identifies the identity markers that are sources of oppression to a group of people and their connection with each other in expressing the oppression among the community members. According to the theory, the makers are connected in that gender oppression is also linked to racism and other makers like class and religion.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a social theorist, who was addressing marginalization, first introduced the concept in 1989. She was trying to address the issue of the marginalization of race and sex on the blacks (Mandelbaum, 4). The black women were facing pressure from the feminist movement about being homemakers as the community regarded that the black people are all men while all women are white. This creates the interconnection between the different identity makers where the race was facing the same oppression based on gender. This helps us understand how the concept of inequality is connected to the different oppressive makers where the cases of race affect gender while showing independence between the identities in theory.

The differences in the cases of food security have effects depending on the individual race where the food production in America is under the control of the white affecting the people of colour. The white people operated as operators and owners of the farms while the people of colour were working in the fields at lower wages, thus facing the cases of food security (Myers, and Painter, 5). This made the clear relation between race, poverty due to the low wages among people of colour, and cases of diet-related diseases. In this context, the white women had a chance to practice food while the women of colour had to deal with what is available to survive in a community full of food insecurity.

The dehumanization of the mammy involves depriving the black women of their good culinary quality. The white suburban homemaker used the chance to credit the black genius cook by demeaning them as chance cooks. The act of racism hindered the ability of the black chefs to demonstrate their prowess to the white suburban housewife. The concept of dehumanization thus involved the process through which the wife housewife used a race to demean the black magic chef they superb skills due to the racial discrimination.

The similarity in the two Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine and Vibration Cooking are based on the concept of change. The concept obtained from the Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine is that of the togetherness in the black community and provides a thing for recalling the past for the afro American. The two recipes provide the cultural event of the blacks where the concept of change was being enforced by the twenty century. The transition was through the engagement of the blacks in the white institution, indicating a concept of change in the community. Smart-Grosvenor is involved in the transition by the recognition she makes on the black geniuses in the culinary, thus eradicating the concept of racism in black culinary.

The differences in the recipe include the possessive nature of the Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor in ″Vibration Cooking, where they view the Caucasians as the community dictating the American kitchen.  In this setting, according to the writer, they have the notion that the food recipe was created for the whites through their behaviours where they express their foods like their own invention. The recipe, in this case, is used to differentiate the class between the lower-class blacks and the high-class whites. ″Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: informs the concept of race, class, and slavery through their link of the recipe to their family roots (Zafar, 7). This, in return, helps to illustrate the effects of slavery on the African Americans and the class division through their family root as slaves. The condition of slavery greats the basis for the lower class, where the family recipe is different from the high class. It is used to demonstrate family pride and not the aspect of culture and racial superiority.

The concept of racism was based on recognizing the white's foods as foods but not the blacks. The racism was rooted in the failure to recognize the blacks' culinary skills where they were termed one-time things, whereas they were miracles in cooking. The representation that Smart-Grosvenor gives on the blacks' foods in the presence of the whites' food shows the sexism in the food way between the blacks and the whites. Despite this, the inspiration in developing a new culinary for the white is based on the development of the black in the culinary. The presentation of Darden's culinary history based on its content indicates African Americans as the base for the culinary development of the whites despite the racism and sexism associated with the food way.

In the "Authenticity in America: Class Distinctions in Potato Chip Advertising." The food language used is a representation of the class identity in relation to socioeconomic factors. The advertisement for an expensive bag of potatoes chip represents the difference in the socio-economic class, this being the higher class. The inexpensive bag represents the middle, and lower class described using simpler language with less claim about health (Seghers, Boone, and Van Avermaet, 702). The use of terms like the finest and less fat indicates the difference n taste between the higher class and the lower class. The difference in the language is an indicator of the class identity and education among the various classes. Having the language simple for the lower class indicates the lower socioeconomic class, and the details are made simple for the lower class.

 The political economy plays a role in the assumption on the social class by encouraging the production of the commodity bases on the socioeconomic status of the buyers. The policy creation in the community affects the higher class in the community; thus, they have bases to complain and have the policies in their favour while the lower class voices are never had (Bullock, 142). In this, the higher class has the final say on how the economy should be developed, as they are the individuals in the government as politicians making policies on the economy. The involvement of the economist in the higher class in the making of the political economy policy supports the concept of social class as they seek to maintain the classes through policies.

Advertisement in the article has promoted classism and stereotypes through the difference in the branding and advertisement methods they use. The language they use is based on the stereotype that the lower class is not educated, thus using simple language to promote the stereotype. The authenticity used for the social class differs from the higher class to the lower class through the choice of words used in the advertisement. The expensive brand, authenticity is based on the product's naturalness with detailed information of how they are cooked, ingredients, and the cooking techniques (Freedman, Josh and Dan Jurafsky.53). The case is different for the working class and lower class, where the authenticity is based on family history and the locality. This represents the cultural belief in the community where the lower class and working-class education are considered to be lower, thus using the simpler language in the inexpensive commodity.

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The food stamps in America represent the national consumers' leagues (SNAP) meant to provide people in the lower class and the disabled with financial assistance to purchase food. The myths surrounding the stamps include that it serves the welfare queens. This is incorrect as the main goal of SNAP is the provision of assistance to the people in the lower class to help them afford food. The second myth is that the program is based on deception and thus associated with abuse of the funds. The program involves a well-operated program controlled by the federal government as it is under its management where the purchase of the food is done using a debit card.  The third myth is that a program is a form of economic drain to the federal government.  This is incorrect as the program tries to drive the growth of the local economy by keeping up the market for the market products.  The fourth myth is that spending in the program is uncontrollable, but the case is a myth, as the program operates depending on the country's economic state.

The American cultural beliefs are based on cultural values such as patriotism that helps in the positive approach to the issues as means of one's love for their own country. The helping of the needy in the society falls under the American dream where every American is to live in a better world, allowing them to help the poor through food provision. This influences the program by ensuring that all Americans have financial needs such as food to promote the community transformation. The provision of food to the poor is the role that should be played by the national and the federal government in an attempt to protect the citizens. Classism affects the division of the community through the concept of individualism for an individual as an entity. This affects the consideration of others and community members, thus causing differences in the social classes and racism.

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The hunger industry represents the cases where the poor in the community suffers at the expense of the benefit of the capitalist community members. The food insecurity has increased in relation to the people of colours, which is a different case to the whites due to increased discrimination in racial basis causing inequality (Odoms-Young, 5). The cases the hunger does not result from the failure to produce the food in abundance in the country but due to the hoarding of goods by the capitalist to increase their income. The case is thus considered hunger industry as the capitalist in the higher social class benefit at the expense of the lower class suffering as they tend to charge more for the food due to the increased demand. The ways of dealing with hunger have been devised based on providing financial assistance through the NAP program and the SNAP program that involves supplement foods for the poor. It seeks to provide the necessary nutrients to cater to the deficiency associated with the staple meal.

Hunger can be considered an ineffective way of addressing inequality as the causes of inequality are not limited to food security. The cases of poverty stand at the forefront in dealing with inequality as it involves several aspects essential for equality. Equality can be eradicated by providing equal opportunity to the community members in the education forums to provide them with the necessary tool to deal with illiteracy, which is the main source of poverty. Despite this, the most pressing issue is providing help to the community members who are adversely affected by poverty, thus suffering from hunger. The equality in the distribution of resources is the key to ensuring the eradication of poverty rather than providing food throughout the years as a relief. Equality in resources allocation will help eradicate the causes of food insecurity, as it will provide the poor with a chance to work, thus enabling them to meet their basic needs.

Dealing with hunger is a distraction to the high cases of social class and discrimination based on the various identity markers. The key aspect is to reduce discrimination cases to stop the discrimination and stereotyping that affects individuals working in the environment. This can be ensured by accepting diversity in gender, race, and even social class, allowing individuals to live freely in the community. This can allow equality by providing education of the same quality for the rich and the poor, providing the poor with a chance of gaining the upper hand in the community. In an attempt to reduce discrimination based on race, gender, and other identities, acceptance in the community can allow people to exist without conflict through acceptance of individual differences.

 

 

 

 

 

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