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We’re standing in a fridge that’s the size of a two bedroom apartment at Food Link Tulare County. The ice box is stacked with produce and dairy products that will soon be in the fridges of Tulare families. Development director for the food bank, Nicole Celaya, says some families who need food won’t get food. “We’ve been noticing a definite marked increase in hostility out at the distributions whether it’s at our pantries, where our partners report it back to us or at our own nutrition on-the-go sites where we’ve seen some hostility and aggression toward people, and especially toward people who speak languages other than English,” Celaya says. Families have been facing discrimination at food sites because they’re speaking Spanish. The majority of people Food Link Tulare County serves are Latinos and farm workers. Celaya says volunteers and people who use their services have made snide comments about People of Color. “We’ve had people call and say, ‘You know those Mexicans or those
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