Climate change is an issue of racism.
"Racism is endemic to global inequality. This means that those most affected – and killed – by climate change are black and poor people" - @OsopePatrisse and Nyeusi Nguvuhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/14/africa-us-haiti-climate-change-black-lives-matter …
Why #BlackLivesMatter
Should Transform the Climate Debate
What would governments do if black and brown lives counted as much as white lives? by @NaomiAKlein in December, 2014.
https://www.thenation.com/article/what-does-blacklivesmatter-have-do-climate-change/ …
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In "Blood at the Root: Black Americans, Southern Soil, and Shared Trauma"
@MaryHeglar explains how racism and the enslavement of Black people are intimately connected to the climate crisis:https://medium.com/@maryheglar/blood-at-the-root-black-americans-southern-soil-and-shared-trauma-6ef3ff9c81e …Show this thread -
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@MaryHeglar, "The same dangerous shift in thinking that allowed one human being to dehumanize, demean, and exploit another for profit was applied to the land at the exact same time."pic.twitter.com/zNliAjg7Aw
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