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Related: About this forumNot just Flint---Environmental racism in America
http://thegrio.com/2016/01/24/flint-water-environmental-racism-blacks/...."Unfortunately, Flint is not the only city where African-Americans and people of color are suffering from the onslaught of environmental racism and discrimination. Detroit schools are so heavily infested with rats, roaches and mold that more than 85 schools closed on Wednesday, as teachers staged a sickout in protest to the deplorable conditions. In Baltimore, the levels of lead poisoning among children is three times the national rate. Before Freddie Gray became a victim of racialized state violence in Baltimore, he too was a victim of lead poisoning as a young child; tests showed that his blood lead levels were as high as seven times the reference level given by the Centers for Disease Control.
Louisianas cancer alley; the polluting garbage and medical waste facilities in Chester, Pennsylvania; and the crude oil plant in Richmond, California, are only but a few further examples to show that the water problem in Flint is not an isolated event the poisoning of Black communities in America is certainly not a new phenomena. Historically and contemporarily, people of color, especially in low-income communities, have been and are continuing to be killed slowly, softly, and silently in their households, in their schools, and on their jobs with impunity and at a greater rate than police killings and racialized state violence." (more at link)
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Not just Flint---Environmental racism in America (Original Post)
Tanuki
Jan 2016
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SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)1. It's infuriating and disgusting.
Yes, it's class, but it's race as well. Just ask yourself: Would this fly in River Oaks?
Cha
(297,655 posts)2. Mahalo Tanuki
Number23
(24,544 posts)3. This is good. Thanks for posting.