Hunger/Food Security through a Trauma-Informed Lens Race, Class, and Culture

Drexel research links racism and hunger [thecourierexpress.com]

Alicia Doktor 12/6/182:17 PM

New research out of Drexel University finds that racism can be a catalyst for food insecurity.

Released Monday by the school’s Center for Hunger Free Communities, the reportshows that people who experienced discrimination firsthand struggled with hunger twice as often as others.

When — or where — that discrimination occurred didn’t matter. However, food insecurity was more likely the more someone had experienced racism.

[For more on this story by Aaron Moselle, go to http://www.thecourierexpress.c...62-89a4e4ef0a70.html]

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