Question

How did Reconstruction/Jim Crow era segregation affect the diets and foods eating habits available to members of the separate races?

Answer 1

Reconstruction/Jim Crow era segregation affected the diets and foods eating habits available to members of the separate races as due to segregation in public places of the colored people; they could pick up food at establishments such as restaurants serving the white people, but often they were not allowed to eat in them. When custom demanded that Black people be served separately from whites, they were often required to have separate utensils, serving dishes, and condiments. All this happened due to the failure of reconstruction which was aimed at removing this discrimination and segregation and implementation of the Jim Crow era.