A. Breeze Harper
{{short description|African-American critical race feminist and writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = A. Breeze Harper
| image = A. Breeze Harper at Intersectional Justice Conference - 4.jpg
| caption = A. Breeze Harper speaking at the Intersectional Justice Conference at the Whidbey Institute
| nationality = American
| education = Dartmouth College (BA)
Harvard University (ALM)
University of California, Davis (PhD)
| occupation = {{Hlist | Writer
Speaker
Diversity strategist }}
| known_for = {{Hlist |Critical race theory
Feminism
Veganism }}
| notable_works = Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society (2010)
| website = {{URL|www.abreezeharper.com}}
}}
Amie "Breeze" Harper is an American{{cite web|last1=Ko|first1=Aph|title=5 Queer Black Women You Should Know|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/431199-5-queer-black-women-know|website=AfterEllen|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=May 14, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811045337/http://www.afterellen.com/people/431199-5-queer-black-women-know|url-status=live}} critical race feminist, diversity strategist,{{cite web|last1=Alaina|title=50+ LGBTQ Black Women You Need To Know Because We Are Awesome|url=http://www.autostraddle.com/50-queer-and-trans-black-women-you-need-to-know-327266/|website=Autostraddle|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=February 15, 2016|archive-date=June 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609022825/http://www.autostraddle.com/50-queer-and-trans-black-women-you-need-to-know-327266/|url-status=live}} and author of books and studies on veganism and racism.{{cite web|last1=Nathman|first1=Avital Norman|title=The Femisphere: Foodies and Food Politics|url=http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/03/12/the-femisphere-foodies-and-food-politics/|website=Ms. Magazine Blog|publisher=Ms.|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=March 12, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111033100/http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/03/12/the-femisphere-foodies-and-food-politics/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Vera Liang|title=Redefined Palate: Sistah Vegan Project's Breeze Harper Dishes on Mindful Eating|url=http://civileats.com/2013/12/19/redefined-palate-sistah-vegan-projects-breeze-harper-dishes-on-mindful-eating/|website=Civil Eats|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=December 19, 2013|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603161435/http://civileats.com/2013/12/19/redefined-palate-sistah-vegan-projects-breeze-harper-dishes-on-mindful-eating/|url-status=live}} Her Sistah Vegan anthology features a collection of writings by black female vegans.{{cite web|title=Sistah Vegans: The Satya Interview with Amie Breeze Harper|url=http://www.satyamag.com/mar07/harper.html|website=Satya|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=March 2007|archive-date=September 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915040738/http://www.satyamag.com/mar07/harper.html|url-status=live}}
Life and career
Harper attributes her initial interest in practicing veganism to the influence of the work of Dick Gregory in connecting diet to the liberation struggle of marginalized groups, and to Afrocentric, raw foodist Queen Afua.{{cite book|author=A. Breeze Harper|title=Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health and Society|url=https://lanternbooks.presswarehouse.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=235010|date=March 1, 2009|access-date=October 25, 2016|publisher=Lantern Books|isbn=978-1590561454|archive-date=August 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828173946/https://lanternbooks.presswarehouse.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=235010|url-status=live}}
In 2015, Harper organized a conference, The Vegan Praxis of Black Lives Matters, to discuss intersectional issues concerning veganism and the Black Lives Matter movement.{{cite web|last1=Plaid|first1=Andrea|title=Vegan Praxis, Black Lives Matter, and Water Rationing: A Conversation with Dr. A. Breeze Harper|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2015/04/vegan-praxis-black-lives-matter-and-water-rationing-a-conversation-with-dr-a-breeze-harper/|website=The Feminist Wire|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=April 23, 2015|archive-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712154606/http://www.thefeministwire.com/2015/04/vegan-praxis-black-lives-matter-and-water-rationing-a-conversation-with-dr-a-breeze-harper/|url-status=live}} In the same year, Harper joined the advisory board for Black Vegans Rock.{{cite web|title=About Black Vegans Rock|url=http://www.blackvegansrock.com/about/|website=Black Vegans Rock|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530200257/http://www.blackvegansrock.com/about|url-status=live}}
Harper was the Humane Party's vice-presidential nominee for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.{{cite web|title=Breaking: Humane Party announces Dr. Breeze Harper as Vice Presidential nominee|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-r8xkeGc0|website=The Onion Knight Show|access-date=June 10, 2016|date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610194535/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-r8xkeGc0&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}
Publications
- {{cite book|author=A. Breeze Harper|title=Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health and Society|url=https://lanternbooks.presswarehouse.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=235010|date=March 1, 2009|access-date=June 10, 2016|publisher=Lantern Books|isbn=978-1590561454}}
- {{cite journal|author1=Amie Breeze Harper|title=Race as a 'Feeble Matter' in Veganism: Interrogating Whiteness, Geopolitical Privilege, and Consumption Philosophy of 'Cruelty-Free' Products|journal=Journal for Critical Animal Studies|date=2010|volume=8|issue=3|pages=5–27|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&cluster=12823102687482400404|access-date=June 10, 2016}}
- {{cite book|author1=D. Ndirangu Wachanga|title=Cultural Identity and New Communication Technologies: Political, Ethnic and Ideological Implications|date=May 31, 2011|pages=235–255|location=Hershey, PA|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=9781609605919|url=http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/veganporn-com-sistah/53775|access-date=June 10, 2016}} "Chapter 12: Veganporn.com & 'Sistah': Explorations of Whiteness through Textual Linguistic Cyberminstrelsy on the Internet"
- {{cite book|author1=Alison Hope Alkon|author-link2=Julian Agyeman|author2=Julian Agyeman|title=Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability|date=October 21, 2011|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0262516327|pages=221–238|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSxWUoj9twQC&pg=PA221|access-date=June 10, 2016}} Chapter 10: "Vegans of color, racialized embodiment, and problematics of the 'exotic'"
- {{cite book|author1=Psyche Williams Forson|author2=Carole Counihan|title=Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World|date=September 13, 2013|pages=155–174|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134726271|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeXZAAAAQBAJ&q=a.+breeze+harper&pg=PA155|access-date=June 10, 2016}} Chapter 12: "Going Beyond the Normative White 'Post-Racial' Vegan Epistemology"
- {{cite book|author=A. Breeze Harper|title=Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKWZBwAAQBAJ|date=September 12, 2014|publisher=Sense Publishers|isbn=978-9462097599}}
See also
References
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- {{official|http://www.abreezeharper.com}}
- [http://www.sistahvegan.com The Sistah Vegan Project]
- [http://www.blackvegansrock.com Black Vegans Rock]
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