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The 5 Fundamental Environmental Justice Concepts that You Need to Know

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Racism is a Public Health Crisis

Racism as a public health crisis starts before birth. Black women in the U.S. are five times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy, a rate far higher than all other racial/ethnic populations.

Racism as a public health crisis continues in infancy: Black infants in the U.S. are twice as likely to die as white infants, “a racial disparity that is actually wider than it was in 1850, 15 years before the end of slavery,” as the New York Times reported two years ago. “In one year, that racial gap adds up to more than 4,000 lost black babies. Education and income offer little protection. In fact, a black woman with an advanced degree is more likely to lose her baby than a white woman with less than an eighth-grade education.” (Continue reading…)

How to Strike

When a small part of the population is really engaged for change, change occurs.
Erica Chenoweth’s research shows that non-violent civil disobedience is the most successful way to bring about change.

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