Where are our children of color safe?

The short distance between Boston Preparatory Charter School (on left) in Hyde Park, and the still in construction ‘Burger King' (on right) fast food restaurant right across the street.

Currently, the Burger King franchise and City of Boston, somehow approved the building of a fast food restaurant directly opposite Boston Preparatory Charter School located at 855 River St., Hyde Park, MA. This school services the surrounding neighborhoods which are primarily inhabited by people of color. We beleive that given the cultural disadvantages faced by people of color , efforts that serve to exploit said cultural disadvantages like providing easy access to ‘unhealthy food’ to minors stunts the health objectives of our community. Profiting from this location across from the school will undoubtedly happen. We want to find out what provisions have been made to ensure that children eat healthy. Health is wealth so our communities need to instill ‘healthy eating habits ‘ at an early age. This move by Burger King and the city of Boston does the exact opposite.

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Burger King Restaurant

Boston Preparatory Charter School.