[Sosfbay-discuss] Environmental Racism

[alexcathy at aol.com]

 One of the biggest "Big Lies" in American politics today is the oft-expressed view that "Green issues" in general only matter to eccentric upper-middle-class Euro-Americans and the Green Party in particular is irrelevant to communities of color.
 
 Black Agenda Report, a progressive African-American web site, has an article posted this week about a new study which concluded that (surprise! surprise!)    “Environmental injustice in minority communities is as much or more prevalent today than 20 years ago, according to a follow-up study to the landmark “Toxic Waste and Race in the United States” report that put the environmental justice movement on the map two decades ago…”    See my Post on the California Greening Blog:   Environmental Racism by Alex Walker  (http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/04/environmental-racism.html ) 
 
  A couple of cities that are known to have had serious problems are right here in California: Oakland and Richmond. 
   
  Alex Walker
 
 PS: After neraly a decade of Democratic Party Machine cronyism and incompetence, the good citizerns of Richmond, California elected Gayle McLaughin as the first Green Party mayor of Richmond in 2006.  
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