User:Kendallshriver/sandbox

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Article Evaluation for "Food Justice Movement" article:

The article was much briefer than I thought it would be. It definitely could include much more information, as the Food Justice movement is pretty substantial. There are only two sections, each with only one paragraph, and the whole article is very choppy and ends very abruptly. As a result, it has been given a "stub-class" rating, There is a large focus on the "just sustainability" movement, and how it is a response to the lack of diverse perspectives on the Food Justice movement, however, do not back up this lack of perspectives. Thus, I'm not sure if I believe if this is the case or not, and to me it seems a bit biased, as they gave no examples of people of color involved in this movement, of which I would imagine there would be many, and so I feel like those perspectives are underrepresented in this article. Though not an expert on Food Justice, the movement itself doesn't seem inherently biased and exclusionary, though maybe much of the scholarship on it so far has been. Like Environmental Justice, maybe Food Justice needs to concentrate more on intersectionality. So, while I'm sure there is a disproportionate number of white people involved in this movement that affects primarily people of color, I also believe that because food injustice is primarily a result of white supremacy and its infiltration into the agricultural sector of industry, and thus, just as with issues of racism, white people should definitely feel accountable for and work to fix the issue of food justice. I think the "just sustainability movement" shouldn't have been such a large focus of the article, and that it should have its own page, as I think the Food Justice Movement is substantial enough to stand alone, and it adds a slight sense of bias. Overall, I'm surprised this article has been neglected as it has. Maybe this is because my interest in Food Justice is a very niche one, but to me, this seems like a highly valid and important issue that definitely should have a more substantial Wikipedia page.

Talk Page Comment:

There is a large focus on the "just sustainability" movement, and how it is a response to the lack of diverse perspectives by people of color on the Food Justice movement, however, there is nothing in the article backing up this lack of perspectives, or any examples at all of activists and activist groups involved in the movement. Thus, I'm not sure if I believe if this is the case or not, and while I feel this is a valid point, and a lack of diverse perspectives is highly likely the case, again, there is nothing backing this up. However, regardless of the lack of scholarship and activism in the Food Justice Movement by people of color, a Wikipedia article is not the place to talk about this, and it adds a strong sense of bias. Rather, the article should generally talk about the Food Justice Movement, even if it is systematically and problematically exclusive. The "just sustainability" movement should have its own page, and even if it is mentioned in this article, it shouldn't be such a substantial focus.