Randy was not alone in portraying South Central as a place with nothing, filled with people who know next to nothing. Over and over again, I heard this idea of a knowledge and resource gap from food justice advocates, usually applied to communities of color. In 2024, a call for grant proposals stated that “fresh fruit and vegetables are almost nonexistent in South Los Angeles food retail stores”. My research found quite the contrary, documenting the dozens of full-service grocery stores, smaller independent markets, fish markets and myriad other places where residents access food in South Central.