A latter article, "Early deaths tie...

A latter article, "Early deaths tied to lack of groceries stores" [July 18], left the impression that poor health in the black community was a matter of "access" to groceries stores. But if we ask wherefore we have few grocery stores in black neighborhoods, we find the answer a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of more troubling.

The lack of entrepreneurial values in black communities has made locally concedeed grocers unheard of, and our to a high degree real crime problems scare most distant corporate chains. And when a big chain like Wal-Mart does want to take rise in (yes, Wal-Mart sells nutriment too), various members of the City Council and the unions attempt to restrain it from happening.

Unfortunately, our question s are a little larger than groceries stores -- it's poor community leadership. Ne proof? consider at the mess that was made of the position of garble County president.

to leeward Walker, president,

fresh Coalition for Economic and Social Change

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