103 – The Golden Arches’ Long Shadow on Black America

Bite by Mother Jones

Mar 6, 202027:37Arts

“Getting people to trust fast-food is a process,” says Marcia Chatelain, author of the new book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America . For many Black communities, that process started at a precise moment in hist...

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