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For people who started screeching when I named environmental racism+COVID:
Black + Brown communities have long been treated as dump yards. Trucking + waste sites spike respiratory & other disease.
The Bronx already had some of the highest asthma rates in the US. Then COVID hit. https://twitter.com/mercedestvnews/status/1247933872098160643
Black + Brown communities have long been treated as dump yards. Trucking + waste sites spike respiratory & other disease.
The Bronx already had some of the highest asthma rates in the US. Then COVID hit. https://twitter.com/mercedestvnews/status/1247933872098160643
East Elmhurst is a historically Black community in the shadow of LGA’s fumes.
This is why environmental justice is a core principle of the Green New Deal.
We must acknowledge the impact of racial disparity in power + policy if we are going to fix this. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/04/new-york-south-bronx-minorities-pollution-inequity
This is why environmental justice is a core principle of the Green New Deal.
We must acknowledge the impact of racial disparity in power + policy if we are going to fix this. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/04/new-york-south-bronx-minorities-pollution-inequity
