"We must come to terms with the fact that the foods we've grown accustomed to—that have even helped to create the concept of our ethnic identity—may actually be feeding the machine of neocolonialism; that we remain enslaved to a system that thrives on our addictions and mental, physical, and emotional illnesses."
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Non-fiction authors from the United StatesFeminists from the United StatesAfrican AmericansWomen activists from the United StatesWomen politicians in the United States
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“Social Justice Beliefs and Addiction to Uncompassionate Consumption,” in Sistah Vegan (Lantern Books, 2010), p. 39.
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