JSYK: Environmental Racism (Patreon)

So the whole point of JSYK: Zip Code, Race, and Class was to provide a good foundation for the next generation of Intelexual Media videos. The topics will involve class and the black community, but I knew it was important to first iterate that a lot of black oppression comes from environment and location. Now, let's turn our attention to ways that zip code and white supremacy impacts black health. This is important to consider because of the Trump administration's deprioritization of the environment and rollback of healthcare. And despite people's optimism, he will be re-elected in 2020. If he happens to keel over and die, Pence will steamroll right in. 

For my patrons who are especially keen on environmental issues in the black community and the poor, what environmental justice organizations do you donate to or volunteer with? Please leave a comment!

Sources + Further Reading

Evicted (Matthew Desmond)

Confronting Environmental Racism Voices From The Grassroots (Robert D. Bullard)

The “Poster Child” for Environmental Racism in 2007:  Dickson County, Tennessee *

Rats, Leaks, Urine: Life in New Orleans Low-Rent Housing

Mississippi Gets Low Grades on Federal Housing Inspections

Housing Quality and Mental Health: the Association between Pest Infestation and Depressive Symptoms among Public Housing Residents.

St. Joseph water crisis nears an end, now residents have to figure out how to pay for its solution

Ending cockroach infestations in public housing: Virginia Tech researcher discovers a more effective alternative

Apartments crawling with mice, roaches but fearful tenants stay quiet

Roaches And Leaks: Inspections Reveal Shocking Conditions Of US-Funded Housing

EPA Rules That Landfill in Majority Black Alabama Town is Not a Health Hazard

A Current Appraisal of Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States – 2007

5 Things to Know About Communities of Color and Environmental Justice

Environmental racism has left black Americans three times more likely to die from pollution

The overwhelming whiteness of US environmentalism is hobbling the fight against climate change

Even 'Cadillac of Landfills' Can't Quell Hazardous Waste Fears

A Movement Is Born: Environmental Justice and the UCC

The Environmental Justice Movement

Problems for a small town – Uniontown citizens continue to fight, we should learn from them

WHEN THE NEIGHBOR IS A TOXIC LANDFILL

Trump's EPA Concludes Environmental Racism Is Real

Kaye Kiker has been fighting the biggest Toxic Waste Dump In the US for 40 years