Weekend Post 1 "Food inc" and "Economic Hit Man"

1. How does Food Inc relate to issues of RACE, and ECONOMIC or CORPORATE control (as in Economic Hit Men)? We have been exposed to many ideas these last few weeks. Think of all the issues in the RACE film, CONFESSIONS of an ECONOMIC HIT MAN and in FOOD INC. 

IDENTIFY 3 ways these films and issues overlap. Address this relationship. 

"Food Inc's" relation to race and economic control in contrast to "Economic Hit Men" is very similar. In the film "Food Inc" it is mention that large industry's control most of the worlds food. In Economic Hit Men   it is also mentioned that large corporations control most of the worlds politics and economics.The similarity being economic control of course. To continue, "Food Inc" and "Economic Hit Men" are very similar because in both  the film and the book it is mention that large industries/ corporations offer a solutions to a problem. 

Last but no least, in "Food inc they offer farmers seeds and better equipment in "Economic Hit Men" they offer third world countries a chance to industrialize. however, here is were the problem and the biggest similarity  between "Food Inc" and "Economic Hit men" lies . The objective of the food industries and the corporations is to place farmers and countries in debt. This allows the industries and corporations to  have farmers and countries on an economic leash.

Mla Citations

Food, Inc. Dir. Robert Kenner. Magnolia Pictures, 2008. Documentary.
Perkins, John. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. New York: Plume, 2006. Print.