Revisiting 'How The Other Half Eats'

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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How do race and class affect the way we eat? What does it mean to "eat like a white person?" And if food inequality isn't about "food deserts," what is it really about? We're getting into all those questions and more with Priya Fielding-Singh, author of the book, How the Other Half Eats.

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0:00.0	I'm BA Parker.
0:01.2	And I'm Karen Griggsby-Bates.
0:02.7	And you're listening to Code Switch.
0:04.9	And KGB, have you been grocery shopping lately?
0:08.8	It's getting expensive.
0:12.0	Parker, I know.
0:13.4	I used to kind of like going food shopping,
0:15.5	but now it just scares me.
0:16.8	The price of food has gone up so quickly this year.
0:18.9	I just have to hold my breath while the cashier is adding up what I've spent.
0:22.5	Ooh, and to be honest, I'm in a lucky position.
0:25.9	I can afford the extra hit on my bank account right now
0:28.7	when a lot of people can't.
0:30.0	It's true.
0:31.0	I know I'm giving some extra thought to what I'm buying
0:34.6	or maybe skipping buying these days.
0:38.3	You know, Parker, talking about these calculations we make around food
0:43.3	reminds me a lot about a conversation I had with pre-a-fielding sing last year.
0:47.9	She's a sociologist who wrote a book called,
0:50.0	How the Other Half Eats, which explores how different people feed their children
0:54.0	differently depending on their circumstances and whether or not
0:58.2	that might lead to dietary gaps in this country.
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