Sometimes when I talk about them, people think I’m being racist. Usually privileged white people who get by on virtue signaling and condemning others, but who never had to learn about things like food deserts and redlining.
Like, if it’s supposedly racist to talk about the systemic issues that people of color disproportionally face, then what the fuck are we supposed to be doing? Pretending “no, it’s fine, the non-racist thing to do is more performative messaging that relieves us of feeling any moral responsibility”?
Uhm, no you should definitely feel comfortable talking about/discussing manufactured depreciation of people’s access to healthy food and often time clean water. Dismissing the issue by calling the discussion racist only makes those who dismiss it racist themselves. Realistically it’s a classist issue that magnifies with racial discrimination :/
Rn we’re privileged to live in a country/town where we have lots of options (not just big name stores but many more small family owned stores too) it’s what happens when the regulations are followed through and anti monopoly laws are actually enforced. It’s very nice :3
As someone who lived in various food deserts, this is real. Thankfully our family has a car but it was a long drive to anywhere
Sometimes when I talk about them, people think I’m being racist. Usually privileged white people who get by on virtue signaling and condemning others, but who never had to learn about things like food deserts and redlining.
Like, if it’s supposedly racist to talk about the systemic issues that people of color disproportionally face, then what the fuck are we supposed to be doing? Pretending “no, it’s fine, the non-racist thing to do is more performative messaging that relieves us of feeling any moral responsibility”?
Uhm, no you should definitely feel comfortable talking about/discussing manufactured depreciation of people’s access to healthy food and often time clean water. Dismissing the issue by calling the discussion racist only makes those who dismiss it racist themselves. Realistically it’s a classist issue that magnifies with racial discrimination :/
Rn we’re privileged to live in a country/town where we have lots of options (not just big name stores but many more small family owned stores too) it’s what happens when the regulations are followed through and anti monopoly laws are actually enforced. It’s very nice :3