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Disinvesting in Food: How Philadelphia's History of Redlining and Food Apartheid has Contributed to Mass Incarceration
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00001626
Abstract
Philadelphia has a long and tragic history of redlining and disinvestment, impacting African American residents at disproportionate rates. Neighborhoods where African Americans and other communities of color have lived have lost opportunities to green spaces, clean air, quality education, and healthy food retailers. Redlining and disinvestment can also lead to higher rates of crime, violence, and policing. The relationship between redlining, food access, and incarceration shows the way marginalized groups have been targeted by unjust policing and unhealthy circumstances. This thesis examines the relationship between redlining, food access, and incarceration in Philadelphia neighborhoods. By speaking with field experts in food access, food justice, and the carceral justice system, I present a case study of Philadelphia and how decades of disinvestment have led to neighborhoods with low access to quality healthy foods and high rates of pedestrian stop and frisk incidents, gentrification, and policing. I then offer four recommendations for policymakers nationwide to end disinvestment and increase food access: reduce poverty, create accessible and affordable food production, address the impacts of climate change on food, and reverse the links between food, policing, and incarceration.
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Details
- Title
- Disinvesting in Food
- Creators
- Farwa Zaidi
- Contributors
- Clara V. Pinsky (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vii, 71 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Strategy; Architecture, Design, and Urbanism; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 991020668798204721