MACRI TALK - Latino Food and Food Labor in the Northeast since World War II
Thu, Jan 23
|Livestream via Facebook & YouTube
Learn about Latino food & food labor in the Northeastern US
Time & Location
Jan 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Livestream via Facebook & YouTube
Guests
About the event
Join us to learn about the evolution of Latino food and food labor in the Northeastern United States since World War II with Dr. Lori Flores, historian of Latino labor, immigration, and food.
🗓️ This virtual MACRI Talk will take place on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 6 PM Central.
⭐️ Our FREE virtual event will stream live on Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI.
About the talk
Though Latino cuisine is eagerly embraced and consumed by people across the United States, the nation exhibits a much more fraught relationship with Latino people, including the largely underpaid immigrant workers who harvest, process, cook, and sell this popular food. Focusing on the Northeastern United States, Dr. Lori A. Flores traces how American’s dual appetite for Latino food and Latino food labor has evolved from the World War II era to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Flores will describe the experiences of food workers with roots…