My brother worked in the charity sector for a long time in Bristol. He said just the life expectancy stats between the poorest and richest boroughs being something like 15+ years shows it’s a very divided place. One of his projects set up some form of healthier eating ‘thing’ in Knowle West which he said was effectively a food desert. No supermarkets would enter the market and the ‘freshest’ food you could get was from a newsagent doing Rustlers
“...uses food as a vehicle to explore themes of race, gender and identity.” This is my first article read following signing up for this newsletter. And I encounter drivel like this. Unsigned me, please!
I love this piece because it covers so much about Bristol while really speaking about the discussions food finds itself in around the world.
Diversity and inclusion are huge issues in any space and NGOs and volunteer efforts are consistently ignored until we have wealthy heroes showing up as feel-good tourists in these spaces. This (often white) saviour mentality that we adopt with high-profile/wealthy initiatives coming to disadvantaged spaces and sucking up the air to promote their heroic efforts is lazy, racist journalism and misguided activism.
I could write more, but the point is I appreciate the investigation into this space.
My brother worked in the charity sector for a long time in Bristol. He said just the life expectancy stats between the poorest and richest boroughs being something like 15+ years shows it’s a very divided place. One of his projects set up some form of healthier eating ‘thing’ in Knowle West which he said was effectively a food desert. No supermarkets would enter the market and the ‘freshest’ food you could get was from a newsagent doing Rustlers
“...uses food as a vehicle to explore themes of race, gender and identity.” This is my first article read following signing up for this newsletter. And I encounter drivel like this. Unsigned me, please!
I love this piece because it covers so much about Bristol while really speaking about the discussions food finds itself in around the world.
Diversity and inclusion are huge issues in any space and NGOs and volunteer efforts are consistently ignored until we have wealthy heroes showing up as feel-good tourists in these spaces. This (often white) saviour mentality that we adopt with high-profile/wealthy initiatives coming to disadvantaged spaces and sucking up the air to promote their heroic efforts is lazy, racist journalism and misguided activism.
I could write more, but the point is I appreciate the investigation into this space.