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Oxford American | Home Makers

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By Ashanté Reese, Nancy Lemann
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In the midst of any number of the odds I was repeatedly reminded were not in my favor, my grandmother made a home out of leftovers. Ashanté M. Reese Essay By Ashanté M. Reese Essay By Nancy Lemann Support the Oxford American If you enjoyed this feature, please consider making a gift today! As thoughtful journalism and literary arts face formidable headwinds, we remain unwavering in our mission to explore the complexity and vitality of the region through exceptional writing, music, and visual art.
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Oxford American | Threshold

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By Ashanté Reese
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The Mason Dixon line, confederacy, or Texas being a slaveholding state have no bearing on my claim to Southerness. My claim to Southernness rests squarely on the fact that my grandmother’s house had a porch—the threshold between an unforgiving outside world and a fount of unending grace. There, in rural east Texas, on former plantation land, in the midst of any number of the odds I was repeatedly reminded were not in my favor, my grandmother made a home out of leftovers.
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On the Urgent Need to Dismantle Food Apartheid in the United States

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By Ashanté Reese
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If you’re anything like me, ideas about nourishment and phrases like “food justice” weren’t a part of your vocabulary growing up. Even with the early experiences in my grandmother’s kitchen that taught me about the role of food in building and sustaining community, I rarely thought about food as something political. This changed after seeing the urgent, immediate inequalities I saw when I moved away from my small town in east Texas.
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