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Conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions
Conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions
June 11, 2020
The father of environmental justice.
Dr. Bullard is an award-winning author of eighteen books covering topics from community resilience to environmental racism. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University. A leading advocate against environmental racism and of the Environmental Justice movement starting in the 1980s, Dr. Bullard shares his knowledge and expertise as to how and why race and class map closely with pollution, unequal protection, and vulnerability. He points us to smart growth solutions, including open spaces and parks, walkable neighborhoods, and mixed income developments as the way to promote racial equality in a healthy environment for all our people.
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““For many of us who came out of civil rights, we didn’t separate the right to live in a clean environment or the right to breathe, or the right to not be dumped on as a strictly environmental issues. And so the justice part was at the core, the equity part was at the core. Theft of wealth and theft of health, these are basic civil rights and human rights. African Americans and other people of color made that connection and still make that connection event today.””
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Center for American Progress: 5 Things to Know About Communities of Color and Environmental Justice
NRDC Article: The Environmental Justice Movement
NY Times: Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection*
NY Times: Why We Don’t Know the True Death Rate for Covid-19
Harvard University: National Coronavirus Study
NBC News: Into America: The Link Between COVID-19, Air Pollution, and Race
MSNBC: Cancer Alley: Big Industry, Big Problems*
The Guardian: 'They chose us because we were rural and poor'*
Science Daily: Environmental Justice Issues
