Strange Fruit

There’s "Strange Fruit '' everywhere because Black and Brown people and groups are underrepresented and supported. Black and Brown people are not happy about it, and have a lot to say about it all. Earlier this week we spoke about why Black and Brown people could care less about the Ukraine drama and why we should be focused on what is happening right here right now and instead of criticizing and stigmatizing the immigrants we should figure out why they are fleeing and how to resolve that. We know that what is happening in Florida, including the attack on the climate movement, is wrong, but did they know we are tired of being whitewashed and tokenized? We are talking about that and more in this episode. Black people are more likely to live in low-income communities that are closer to industrial facilities that release toxic emissions. According to a report conducted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Clean Air Task Force, “Blacks are 38% more likely to be exposed to air pollutants than whites.” Latinos in the U.S. are more likely than non-Latinx whites to experience heat waves, powerful hurricanes, sea level rise and floods, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And let’s not forget that Latinx workers represent a large part of the outdoor occupation workforce working in agriculture and construction jobs. Black people breathe in “particulate matter” which includes diesel exhaust chemicals 56% more than other communities due to where they live. Air pollution has been linked to changes in the brain which could lead to people exhibiting more aggressive and violent behavior, as noted by the University of Minnesota. According to data from a 2021 Pew Research Center survey for the Latinx community, climate change is not just a global, distant concern. 

 

About seven-in-ten Latinx adults (71%) say climate change is affecting their local community at least some, a higher share than among non-Latinx adults (54%), the April survey of U.S. adults found.Environmental factors can displace millions of students preventing them from attending school. What we should have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, from watching students being forced to switch over to online courses in order to continue their studies, many Black and Brown communities, the technology leap wasn’t so easy. Some households did not have access or could not afford digital tools such as computers or portable devices to maintain their children’s studies. Another noteworthy point is that a lot of times schools are turned into shelters, leading to schools being slammed with unprecedented damage, causing children to temporarily miss out on school. And check this out, the US knows this and does nothing, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, climate change affects employment statuses significantly regardless of one’s racial background. But because Black people disproportionately work blue-collar jobs outdoors and in hot indoor environments, they “are at increased risk of heat stress and other heat-related disorders, occupational injuries, and reduced productivity at work”. 

 

#ClimateChange #WeCantBreathe #KwameTure #Sustainability #HueyPNewton #FidelCastro #JamesBaldwin #WangariMaathai #RobertBullard #JohnFrancis #Dr.WarrenWashington #AngelouEzeilo #ElizabethYeampierre #XiyeBastida #DoloresHuerta #SylviaMendez #XiuhtezcatlMartinez #HelenaGualinga

Check out this video from 100 Days In Appalachia, Yesenia Cuello, Executive Director at NC Field, talks about the impacts of storms https://vimeo.com/344121838 

Learn more about how climate change impacts marginalized people https://hellobeautiful.com/3953767/arsema-thomas-climate-change/ 

See how Gen Z is using social media to advocate for climate change https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-05-26-1657/gen-z-millennials-stand-out-climate-change-activism-social-media-engagement 

 

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