Posts Tagged ‘Environmental justice’
Boosting the Black Experience in Green Spaces
T.J. Osborne argues for the importance of diversity, and the Black community specifically, in the environmental justice movement.
Read MoreAt the NAACP, Racial Justice Means Climate Justice
The NAACP is working toward achieving climate justice for Black communities. A current focus is on water quality in Jackson, MS.
Read MoreBlack Women in Tech Might Be the Key to Climate Justice
Dr. Jackie “Bouvier” Copeland believes Black women are key to achieving climate justice, which is why she started the WISE Fund.
Read MoreChicago violated residents’ civil rights by relocating polluting business to Latino and Black neighborhood, federal agency finds
HUD recently found Chicago guilty of moving businesses that create pollution to Black and brown neighborhoods from white ones.
Read MoreREPORT: Senior Black Americans Three Times More Likely to Die from Exposure to Pollution Than White Americans
According to an Environmental Defense Fund report, senior Black and Latino Americans are more likely to die from air pollution than white Americans.
Read MoreHow Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering
In many cities, neighborhoods that have been historically segregated on purpose, i.e., “redlined” are poorer and have more residents of color. These neighborhoods can be 5 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit hotter in summer than wealthier, whiter parts of the same city. This has serious health consequences for residents.
Read MorePollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.
An intricate and personal look into environmental inequality centered on a Philadelphia neighborhood, this article examines the far reaching impact of pollution and climate crisis on Black America.
Read MoreHow I Became a Police Abolitionist
When people dismiss Blacks who call for police abolition as not caring about victims or safety, they tend to forget that those same Black citizens ARE those victims, those survivors of violence. This article’s author, who is Black and a human rights lawyer, gives a detailed and nuanced perspective on this dilemma.
Read MoreIt’s Not Your Grandmother’s NAACP
For more than 100 years, the NAACP has worked for racial equity, focusing on issues such as education and environmental justice.
Read MoreTurning the Tables on Civil Rights: The 1970s and 1980s
Why didn’t the Civil Rights Movement end racism in America? The social movements of the 1960s achieved some important changes for civil rights, women’s rights, and the environment. However, not everyone agreed with these changes. During the 1970s and 1980s, opponents started a movement of their own. Their goal was to overturn the gains of the 1960s.
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