Racial Issues In Food Justice
In “Food Justice:What’s Race Got to Do with It” Billings and Cabbil justify that our mental and our physical health in the United States are impacted by our racial status.
People of color lack the power to determine their own food and nutritional decisions. Majority of school lunch and fast-food are consumed by poor people; nevertheless, people of color often lack transportation to reach to a nearby grocery store. Where we buy our food, what we eat, and the quality and quantity of our selections are impacted by the racial demographics of a given community. Even if a chain grocery store operates in their community, the quality of food seems poorer than in white community; the varieties of foods are fewer. Oftentimes, foods favored by people
People of color lack the power to determine their own food and nutritional decisions. Majority of school lunch and fast-food are consumed by poor people; nevertheless, people of color often lack transportation to reach to a nearby grocery store. Where we buy our food, what we eat, and the quality and quantity of our selections are impacted by the racial demographics of a given community. Even if a chain grocery store operates in their community, the quality of food seems poorer than in white community; the varieties of foods are fewer. Oftentimes, foods favored by people