Amie "Breeze" Harper is an American critical race

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

, diversity strategist, and author of books and studies on

veganism Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...

and

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

. Her ''Sistah Vegan'' anthology features a collection of writings by black female vegans.

Life and career

Harper attributes her initial interest in practicing veganism to the influence of the work of

Dick Gregory Richard Claxton Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, civil rights leader, business owner and entrepreneur, and vegetarian activist. His writings were best sellers. Gregory became popular among the Afric ...

in connecting diet to the liberation struggle of marginalized groups, and to Afrocentric,

raw foodist Raw foodism, also known as rawism or a raw food diet, is the dietary practice of eating only or mostly food that is uncooked and unprocessed. Depending on the philosophy, or type of lifestyle and results desired, raw food diets may include ...

Queen Afua. In 2015, Harper organized a conference, ''The Vegan Praxis of Black Lives Matters'', to discuss

intersectional Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...

issues concerning veganism and the

Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...

movement. In the same year, Harper joined the advisory board for '' Black Vegans Rock''. Harper was the Humane Party's vice-presidential nominee for the

2016 U.S. presidential election The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election, presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican Party (United States), Republican ticket of businessman Donald ...

Publications

* * * "Chapter 12: Veganporn.com & 'Sistah': Explorations of Whiteness through Textual Linguistic Cyberminstrelsy on the Internet" * Chapter 10: "Vegans of color, racialized embodiment, and problematics of the 'exotic'" * Chapter 12: "Going Beyond the Normative White 'Post-Racial' Vegan Epistemology" *

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The Sistah Vegan ProjectBlack Vegans Rock
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Life and career

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