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5 Ways to Stand Up to Environmental Racism

5 Ways to Stand Up to Environmental Racism

Environmental racism happens every day, and it happens all over the globe. Worse, it rarely receives the media attention it deserves. In the United States, black communities are less likely to receive adequate protection to prevent disasters and - when disasters do occur - they are less likely to receive an immediate, comprehensive response. Inside: bringing environmental racism out into the light by defining the term, highlighting common characteristics, and offering 5 potential solutions.


Environmental racism occurs every day and all over the globe. Worse, it rarely receives the media attention it deserves.

In the United States, African Americans are more likely to live near toxic waste facilities and breathe polluted air. Their communities are less likely to receive adequate protection to prevent disasters and – when disasters do occur – they are less likely to receive an immediate, comprehensive response.

We don’t have to look far to find instances of environmental racism all over the world, either. Razed indigenous lands for grazing cattle, polluting textile factories, and boatloads of trash shipped from wealthy countries to developing ones are three examples of real-life environmental inequities of many.

This week, we bring environmental racism out into the light by defining the term, highlighting its common characteristics from examples in recent history, and offering 5 potential solutions so that all people and all races may bear the brunt of climate change equally.

 

* This week’s episode is sponsored by Oregon State University Ecampus.

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2 thoughts on “5 Ways to Stand Up to Environmental Racism

  1. Thank you so much for this informative podcast! I appreciate your efforts in bringing awareness to this issue. Many blessings to you and your family 🖤

  2. Is this really racism or is it the rich taking advantage of the poor? Especially in other countries, I think it might be less of an issue of race and really about wealth. But thank you for this podcast. I need to find out more about what I can do to prevent or stop environmental injustice. Thank you!

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