The Tainted Burger recounts one man's journey as he struggled to reach his goal of becoming a McDonald's owner-operator. Training for his entrepreneurial venture began in his early years; his survival skills were honed through on-going brushes with racism and institutional politics. This journey concluded with what he thought was the achievement of his coveted dream, when he became an owner-operator of four McDonald's restaurants. His personal, educational and corporate life experiences, to that point, became the very tools of his survival after he joined the McDonald's franchise system and subjected himself to a life of "perpetual punishment." McDonald's eventually became an equal opportunity dream destroyer Show more Show less