Existing comment:
THE GROCERY GAP
DC's Ward 3: 1 grocery store for every 9,336 residents
DC's Ward 8: 1 grocery store for every 85,160 residents
Residents of the District's whitest and wealthiest ward (Ward 3) have nearly 9 times as many grocery stores as residents of the Ward with the most Black residents and the most poverty 3 (Ward 8). For residents of Ward 8, almost half of whom do not have access to a car, this can mean that shopping for healthy food requires a great deal of time and effort. Many food justice activists refer to this kind of unequal access to grocery stores as "food apartheid,"rather than a "food desert," in recognition of the history of discriminatory policies that shape the food landscape. |