This paper discusses the increasingly segregated food distribution system in the U.S. that threatens the fragile health and food insecurity experienced by residents of food deserts in the U.S., populated primarily by lower-income Blacks and Latinos. To illustrate this trend, we focus on economic and demographic trends for the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area – a large urban center that has been experiencing significant segregation of its food distribution system that we reason is a direct outcome of the indifference shown by various industry stakeholders to food insecurity issues, including media organizations, supermarket retailers, funding organizations, site selection analysts, and a general public whose voice is often muted on these issues. Recommendations are offered to change the trajectory of these harmful practices to ensure more equitable access to healthy foods in urban areas like Dallas/Ft. Worth.
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