User:Morganmccaslin/sandbox

Additional Content • In the opening section, social apartheid is defined, and its origin is explained. However, it would be helpful if content was added at the end of the description of South African Apartheid demonstrating the relationship between this example and social apartheid. Something along the lines of a clarification that this sort of separation occurs not only along racial lines, as was present in South Africa, but also along social and economic lines, resulting in a similar sort of segregation. • The other piece of content that appears to be missing is the implications of social apartheid. The concept is explained clearly and historical examples are given, but I think this article would be stronger if it addressed not only the ways in which social apartheid manifests itself, but what this means for society. An example of this is food deserts, the trend that many people isolated based on their economic or social status tend to live in areas that do not have adequate access to nutritional food sources.

Urban apartheid • This section does a good job of highlighting a specific type of social apartheid. However, it could use some clarity. In using the example of South African apartheid, it seems as though urban apartheid is something that is deliberately carried out by officials or through policy, such as through the Group Areas Act. However, my understanding is that social and urban apartheid largely result from social forces that are not as intentional. Therefore, in this section it would be helpful to clarify the ways in which urban apartheid develops, both through explicit action and as an unintended consequence that results from other social facts and institutions. --Morganmccaslin (talk) 20:40, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Edits for the slow food page -criticisms discuss how the slow food movement is not accessible to those of a lower socioeconomic status -Gottlieb and Joshi address this in food justice when they talk about Petrini's trip to Venezuela when he realized that the slow food movement was associated with gourmet meals that were not accessible to everyone. Therefore, it is true that the slow food movement in some respects did discriminate on the basis of socioeconomic status. However, after this visit, he expanded the slow food movement to include fair, good, and clean food--emphasizes healthy, local, and community based food. -However, this does not address all issues related to socioeconomic discrimination within the slow food movement, as many still are unable to produce and secure food in the way that is desirable for this movement.

Critique of the Fenceline Community Page:

·     Could provide the example of cancer alley in Louisiana as a collection of fenceline communities that are composed of marginalized people (poor people of color)

·     I would also add to the part about fear that it will jeopardize their jobs and economic survival that they might not have the resources or education to even organize (Example of only having anecdotal evidence in Diamond in the face of "scientific evidence" provided by the doctors and researchers that work for the Shell corporation)

·     Also I think it would be helpeful to highlight that many fenceline communities are unable to relocate because the industy that has moved in adjacent to their property has reduced the value of their property, so they do not have the option of moving elsewhere due to economic restraints