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BiographiesDerrick BellAcademic and social thinker Derrick Bell, author of the law-school standard text Race, Racism, and American Law and other critically acclaimed works, has sent a letter to David Novak, the CEO of KFC’s parent company, Yum! Brands, urging the company to adopt the animal-welfare improvements recommended by PETA and approved by KFC’s own advisory panel. The new standards would eliminate some of the worst abuses that chickens raised and killed for KFC are subjected to by the company’s suppliers. Bell writes in his letter, “Although most people don’t know chickens as well as they know cats and dogs, chickens are interesting individuals with personalities and interests every bit as developed as the dogs and cats with whom many of us share our lives. And of course, they feel pain just like we do.” Professor Bell, who is now teaching at the New York University School of Law, is no stranger to social struggle. In 1985, he resigned from his position as dean of Oregon Law School after he was directed not to hire an Asian-American faculty candidate. He later became the first black tenured professor at Harvard Law School but eventually quit in protest of the school’s failure to hire and grant tenure to minority women.  Elizabeth
MutoMiss Black USA, Elizabeth Muto, is promoting a healthy, humane diet as part of her pro-vegetarian platform. “America’s meat addiction is responsible for immense animal suffering as well as poor human health,” says Muto. “It’s time for people to lighten up on animals and lighten themselves up, too.”  |
