How are Black food geographies, both geographies of emotional slow violence and resilience? Dominant directions in health-related food research emphasize how Black food choices cause (slow) death from diabetes, hypertension, and other medical conditions. Emphasis on individual behaviors can overlook how a felt sense of the food landscape matters (Hayes-Conroyand Hayes Conroy 2016). Through the frame of slow violence and racial trauma, this research article considers racial surveillance in the context of Black food geographies.