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Sistah Vegan Blog:
A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through the 'Ethical Foodscape'...and Beyond

Wearing a Hoodie and Going Vegan are ‘Easy as Pie’?: What Type of Support Are You Really
I get requests all the time to support a wellness, animal rights, vegan site, organization, book, campaign or new health/food product...
Sep 22, 2016


Secret Ingredients of Whiteness and Intersectional Anti-Racism and Other Updates
The NPR Secret Ingredient podcast is not available now, but I will update you once it is available and will provide the link. To learn...
Jul 25, 2016
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“Veganism Should Always ‘Trump’ Intersectionality: Make Veganism Great [and White]
(Credit: Sistah Vegan Project 2016) In 2005, when I first proposed to embark on my Black feminist vegan journey to learn how being...
May 21, 2016

On Beating Up “N*ggers” While on Patrol: An Engaged Mindfulness + Critical Race Feminist
She read the reports. She knew they used the word “nigger” to describe Black people. Using “nigger” in that context makes it incredibly...
Feb 4, 2016
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(UPDATED) The [White Savior] Elephant in the Room: Ally Theater, Savior Complex, and Speaking for ‘T
[THIS POST IS UPDATED FROM YESTERDAY. I DIDN’T KNOW I HAD PUBLISHED AN EARLIER VERSION WHICH LEFT OUT PATTRICE JONES’ WORK] [Note:...
Dec 15, 2015

Making Sure Berkeley’s ‘Riff Raff’ Can’t Afford to Live Here Anymore: Though
2015 Copyright Dr. Amie “Breeze” Harper, The Sistah Vegan Project Over the last month or two, I have shared with my fans that we have...
Aug 23, 2015

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[Dollar] Green Capitalism?: Starbucks, Oprah, and Educational Access in a Cup of Organic Chai
I just left Seattle the morning of May 9 2014. While at the SEATAC airport, I spotted this advertisement. This is what I thought when I...
May 12, 2014


‘Racist cunt’ and Cyberbullying: Ruminations on the Troll Life
UPDATE [June 22 2018): I wrote this post below 5 years ago (April 2013), but I wanted to repost this because not much has changed since I...
Apr 24, 2013


On Buddhist Sanghas, Divesting in Post-racial Whiteness, and Nina Simone
This blog is a continuation of my initial observations about normative whiteness at the San Francisco Zen Center’s 50th Anniversary...
Sep 10, 2012
Sistah Vegan is seeking black women vegans doing revolutionary social activism!
In this video, I speak of my call for help for my dissertation work. For my work, I would like to incorporate and analyze black female...
Aug 3, 2010
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