Black, White, and Green
Transcript: It's the 'Black' Farmers Market Majority of the growers were African American Most to half of the consumers were white, and welcomed. It's the 'White' Farmers Market The competing farmers market to West Oakland Farmers market West Oakland Quiz Answers Quick Summary It's about two specific farmers markets and how they are so different from each other. The author looks at race, class, gender, and economy of the two markets in East Bay. Both markets are about the performance of black and white identities in an effort to build community around buying and selling fresh produce. Black, White, and Green By: Alison Hope Alkon Still focuses on an outlet for black farmers to provide healthy produce in an area that lacks grocery stores North Berkeley Farmer's Market, before "The market itself grew out of anarchist and socialist attempts to create a different kind of economy in Berkeley" (Zac). North Berkeley Focuses now on economical and environmental concerns West Oakland Farmer's Market The Farmers Markets Now Farmer's Markets, Race, and the Green Economy, "Purpose of the market is to give an outlet to marginalized black farmers and to provide healthy produce in an area that lacks grocery stores, called supermarket redlining, a process specifically linked to institutional racism"(Zac). 1) A 2) White 3) E 4) Black 5) C
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