Naa Oyo A. Kwate ’94 publishes book on racist history of fast food

Kwate studied psychology at Carleton.

10 May 2023 Posted In:

Naa Oyo A. Kwate ’94 published “White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation” in April with the University of Minnesota Press. Her book explores fast food’s long racial and spatial transformation from a dining experience exclusively targeting White consumers to one that became disproportionately prevalent in Black neighborhoods.

Learn more about the book.