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Causes of Food Insecurity <br />Racial Oppression <br /> The ways in which history, culture, ideology, public policies, institutional practices, and personal behavior and <br />beliefs interact to maintain a hierarchy that over-advantages dominant identities and over-burdens or under- <br />advantages ‘otherness.” <br /> <br /> This cumulative impact of disparities in power over time leads to unequal access to resources such as food. <br /> <br />Poverty & Low Income <br /> Minimum wage does not allow for an adequate diet <br /> Unemployment or seasonality of work <br /> Homelessness <br /> <br />Isolation <br /> Lack of a social support network <br /> Lack of access to public and private assistance <br /> <br /> Low educational attainment <br /> Lack of skilled labor <br /> Low Literacy <br />