Beer and Racism: How Beer Became White, Why It Matters, and the Movements to Change It

Highly topical, this book correlate debates about diversity and inclusion within the 21st century production and consumption of beer, providing a sociological examination of diversity and racial dynamics in the beer industry and culture.

Beer in the United States has always been bound up with race, racism, and the construction of white institutions and identities.

Given the very quick rise of craft beer, as well as the myopic scholarly focus on economic and historical trends in the field, there is an urgent need to take stock of the intersectional inequalities that such realities gloss over.

This unique book carves a much-needed critical and interdisciplinary path to examine and understand the racial dynamics in the craft beer industry and the popular consumption of beer.