1. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Another representation of chicken as low class meat is the train scene of Akiko, a runaway Japanese wife at this point, riding back from the south to New York. The Amtrak coach attendant explained to Akiko what the "Chicken Bone Special" on the train was. In association of race with meat intersects with class and portrays African Americans in the south as particularly poorer first by not buying Amtrak food on the train while on it, and second for cooking and bringing their own. ... They made beefy burritos to symbolize their hard-earned American lifestyle (Ozeki 61). ...
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