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406- A Side of Franchise
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
There are many books about McDonald’s that criticize the company for its many sins, and author Marcia Chatelain has read all of them. But her book comes at this famous fast-food restaurant from a different angle and with a much wider lens. In Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, Chatelain offers a critique of racial capitalism and a long history of trying to address social problems with business-based solutions.
A Side of Franchise
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A Side of Franchise
Plus, we are featuring an excerpt from the series Race Traitor from The Heart. Subscribe!
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
99% Invisible-05- 99% Forgotten: At the top of Mt. Olympus in San Francisco, on what was once thought to be the geographic center of the city, is a pedestal for a statue that isn’t there. There’s no marker. You can just make out the … Continue reading → by 99% Invisible