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Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life
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There is a little voice inside of me that snarks at the notion of "reading" a cookbook, not to mention counting it towards my Goodreads reading challenge. I am including it because this book opened my eyes to the lack of diversity in the popular vegan community, as well as to recognizing racism as an oxidative stress factor. Oxidative stress factors increase free radicals, which have negative effects on health.
Until now, most of the vegan lifestyle or vegan diet proponents that I know of are white, and most of those are men. I do not have an issue with white male vegans, but I have an issue with them being the bigger voice and face of the vegan community. How have I not heard of Tracye McQuirter - and her work and activism - until now?
The women (Tracye and her mother, Mary) of Ageless Vegan have been vegan for 50+ years. They transitioned in 1988, and Tracye's vegetarian transition was sparked by the combination of her mother's focus on whole, non-processed foods, and a Dick Gregory lecture in which he "graphically traced the path of a hamburger from a cow on a factory farm, through the slaughterhouse process, to a fast-food restaurant, to a clogged artery, so a heart attack."
Gregory's civil rights activism expanded to include animals, and that was a catalyst for the college-aged activist in Tracye.
Until now, most of the vegan lifestyle or vegan diet proponents that I know of are white, and most of those are men. I do not have an issue with white male vegans, but I have an issue with them being the bigger voice and face of the vegan community. How have I not heard of Tracye McQuirter - and her work and activism - until now?
The women (Tracye and her mother, Mary) of Ageless Vegan have been vegan for 50+ years. They transitioned in 1988, and Tracye's vegetarian transition was sparked by the combination of her mother's focus on whole, non-processed foods, and a Dick Gregory lecture in which he "graphically traced the path of a hamburger from a cow on a factory farm, through the slaughterhouse process, to a fast-food restaurant, to a clogged artery, so a heart attack."
Gregory's civil rights activism expanded to include animals, and that was a catalyst for the college-aged activist in Tracye.
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Mar 10, 2019 07:14AM
that's interesting Gina. Although there is a lack of racial diversity in my vegan cookbooks the vast majority are written by women. It's not something that I've done on purpose at all, I personally feel that there are more female vegan cookbook writers than male, but perhaps my perception is skewed because I read a lot of blogs by women who went on to write books. I'm going to look this one up for sure!
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