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1. For our ongoing teach-in series we’re taking a look at how white supremacy impacts the way marginalized communities experience death and access death care.
2. Inspired by the Teach-in movement of the 1960s, this series is intended both to educate and inform through social, political, and historical teachings, and to work toward participation and direct action.
3. This month’s cycle will focus on environmental racism.
“The fact that people of color are still more likely to die from environmental causes is no accident.” https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/529137/environmental-racism-is-the-new-jim-crow/
“The fact that people of color are still more likely to die from environmental causes is no accident.” https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/529137/environmental-racism-is-the-new-jim-crow/
COVID-19 is disproportionately deadly among people of color. Long-term environmental racism could be a major factor in this disparity. https://daily.jstor.org/environmental-racism-and-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_campaign=generalmarketing&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Air pollution and extreme heat are killing inner-city residents at a higher rate than almost all other causes, according to experts. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/past-racist-redlining-practices-increased-climate-burden-on-minority-neighborhoods/
For years, money for flood protection in the Houston area went mostly to richer neighborhoods. A new approach prioritizes minority communities https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/climate/houston-flooding-race.html
