‘Hunger Is a Form of Violence We Must Address’

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Michael W. Twitty, culinary historian, in Rockville, Maryland. Photo: Washington Post/Getty Images

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June 22, 2020

“I see the news talking a lot about violence. And it disturbs me, because they think violence is throwing something through a window or breaking into a building, with money loss and maybe a couple of bloody noses. Violence is hunger. Violence is the fact that Native Americans don’t have running water in a lot of reservations in this country. Violence is food deserts,” says Michael W. Twitty, in his most recent HuffPost interview.

Michael Twitty: Hunger Is A Form Of Violence We Must Address