Blog 10

          In Terry J.Cole, "Where the Whale Be At?", he explains that people of color should be concerned about the environment.Terry believes that the reason is because people of color has a historic bond with the environment. Also people of color live in environments that are toxic and can cause severe health problems. Three out of five African and Latino Americans live in communities with abandoned toxic waste sites.Lack of park space is another reason. There are 1.7 acres of park space for every 1000 people in African American neighborhoods, contrast this with the fact that there are 31.8 acres for each person in predominantly white neighborhoods.
          I agree with Terry J. Cole because people of color should be concerned about the environment. I live in an African American neighborhood and there isn't a supermarket in the area. It's surrounded by fast food restaurants such as Dominos, Crown Fried Chicken, and Wendy's.They tend to eat more fast food because of its availability and price.They don't have the same access to healthy foods. 
          Another reason is that this relates to many diet-relates diseases. "A 2006 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) found the presence of a supermarket reduced the prevalence of overweight and obese residents." Even if they sell fruits or vegetables at the local bodega it's either rotten or very limited. There not fresh as if it was from a supermarket. For example, many of my neighbors are either too skinny or too fat and the numbers are rising and it ain't going down until fresh food is available and supermarkets is being build.