The Troubling History of Race and Dairy in the United States
How we became a nation dependent on a beverage that less than half of the world’s population can easily digest
High up on the list of my favorite Twitter posts is a thread published earlier this year by Innes McKendrick. “for reasons i cannot fully articulate,” he writes, “i just had dinner in the cafeteria of a small town californian junior high school. here is a comparative ranking of all of their posters about milk.”
I highly recommend reading the entire thing, but here are some highlights: At the bottom of the list, garnering a meager 3/10, is an uninspired piece featuring a large container of milk and the vaguely ominous phrase “YOUR CHOICE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.” Another featuring Usher receives 8/10. The only one to get a perfect score is deemed “deeply concerning.”
When I first read through the tweets, I found this school’s interior design choices oddly hilarious, and McKendrick’s commentary filled me with a pure and wholesome mirth. But I have a…
