Ep. 25: Melvin Stovall III

Aja meets and catches up with Melvin Stovall III, a chef and writer based in New Orleans, to discuss the white supremacist and capitalist system as it relates to the restaurant and hospitality industry as a whole. The two share their experiences in exposing the culture and the industry’s practices in their respective towns and what it means to not only pull back the veil, but to become part of the work in dismantling the oppressive systems themselves in our immediate communities.

Find Melvin on Instagram at @melatmidnight to learn more about his work and conversations about racism in the industry and decolonization.

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