Yet although we're overburdened by pollution, people of color have been alienated by conversations about the environment and climate change.
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I know the environmental movement has been phenomenally tone deaf when it comes to people of color. Trust....
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Like conservationists are more concerned about white polar bears than they are about black human beings omg it's so awkward.
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Not to mention the anti-immigrant rhetoric from certain hateful environmentalists smh. Or the China = bad climate change folks.
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But I'm tweeting
#EnvironmentalRacism101 today because I'm encouraged about what people of color have already done, and can still do.1 reply 12 retweets 11 likes -
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Please join in if you can: how polluted (or not) is your neighborhood—and how does that intersect with race?
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You've heard of Porter Ranch, right? I'm guessing this is
#CalEnviroScreen's take before the big gas leak...pic.twitter.com/8Jpqgi9n1G
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Porter Ranch is 60% white, nearly 30% Asian-American. People were suffering from a gas leak—so there were evacuated (as they should be).
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What about neighboring Sun Valley? It's a toxic neighborhood. It's also 70% latino... So no one's getting evacuated.pic.twitter.com/lf7jX5w9BW
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What about Watts? Also a toxic neighborhood; it's 98% black and latino... No one's getting evacuated there, either.pic.twitter.com/8uansd9fHl
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Because environmental racism is systemic, it guarantees white people breath cleaner air. If a place like Porter Ranch gets dirty? EVACUATE!
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And, because environmental racism is systemic, it guarantees black and brown people live with life-threatening pollution. KEEP THEM THERE!
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Please continue to think about where you live and tweet what you find with
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