http://www.cinna.mn/2009/08/black-people-need-health-food-as-much-as-health-care/ on minority experiences in Minnesota Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.cinna.mn/2009/08/black-people-need-health-food-as-much-as-health-care/#comment-331 Freida Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.cinna.mn/?p=2704#comment-331 When I go home to DC, the health food stores are packed with Black folks. Why? Because most Black families come from the land and are accustomed to the freshest food a generation ago. It's not an intellectual exercise; it's just a rational preference. The problem is that retailers do not often choose to put the stores in Black communities, which is a form of racism. Our communites have their share of environmental hazards but not the health food stores. I see this condition as an opportunity for a Black person to establish an alternative chain and compete with Whole Foods and the rest. No whining. Just deliver the service to our people. It can be done. When I go home to DC, the health food stores are packed with Black folks. Why? Because most Black families come from the land and are accustomed to the freshest food a generation ago. It’s not an intellectual exercise; it’s just a rational preference. The problem is that retailers do not often choose to put the stores in Black communities, which is a form of racism. Our communites have their share of environmental hazards but not the health food stores. I see this condition as an opportunity for a Black person to establish an alternative chain and compete with Whole Foods and the rest. No whining. Just deliver the service to our people. It can be done.

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