How Did We Get Here?

Abstract This chapter spans out to offer a historical perspective on how African, Caribbean, and Black food inequities have come to be today, highlighting influences across the global food system to identify structural root causes and document overlooked local, cultural, and social assets. Beginning with some of the earliest manifestations, it threads together a cross-disciplinary discussion to explore how these inequities have taken shape over time. The chapter also critiques how “resilience” gets applied in public health as the dominant intervention approach to assessing local responses to adverse events and offers politics of resourcefulness as a more appropriate and just model for public health praxis.