It's a hard day to breathe in Southern California today. It's literally hazardous in Central San Bernardino (a latinx and black community).pic.twitter.com/8B6k4se5s3
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Liberal California is often lauded as the state that gets the environment right. Yet we still have horrid hot spots in communities of color.
But, because white journalists continue to hammer out stories about policies and not people, this gets overlooked.
The EPA says San Bernardino's air quality is HAZARDOUS (not just unhealthy or very unhealthy) today. But it's invisible people breathing it.
Anytime a region goes hazardous on the air quality index, it should be a MAJOR STORY. But it's a story about people of color, so it's not.
Reminder that I'm still a writer for hire. I understand the science and I know the people. But I'm latina, and that works against me.
Also: please don't be one of the employed writers poaching my twitter feed to get credit for this story. It's so tacky.
Write your own story! Then I can include it in my morning brief with a link. :-)
There is literally no money in that, and we must stop demanding free labor from women of color. Plus I always prefer to have my work edited.
These maps are scary. I'm surprised so few are covering. This will be even more concerning with healthcare gutting bc people have to breathe
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