“The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates [from The Atlantic]
“The Racist Housing Policy that Made Your Neighborhood” [from The Atlantic]
“A ‘Forgotten History’ of How the U.S. Government Segregated America” [from npr]
“In U.S. Cities the Health Effects of Past Housing Discrimination are Plain to See” [from npr]
“This is environmental racism” [from The Washington Post]
“10 Examples of Environmental Racism and How it Works” [from yes! magazine]
“Lead-Laced Water In Flint: A Step-By-Step Look at the Makings of a Crisis” [from npr]
“Newark’s Lead Crisis Isn’t Over: People are Still Drinking Water that They Shouldn’t'” [from The Intercept]
“A Black town’s water is more poisoned than Flint’s. In a white town nearby, it’s clean” [from The Guardian]
“‘I felt I killed my children’: lead poisons California community – and fills kids’ teeth” [from The Guardian]
“Hope & Skepticism as Biden Promises to Address Environmental Racism” [from npr]
As you write your journal, I ask that you try to consider the following questions:
What is the central focus and unifying themes of this week’s readings?
What, if anything, stood out to you as particularly compelling or interesting in the readings?
How does each piece contribute to the larger picture being painted of how racism, and its systems, operate in our society?
What are some questions that you had to ask yourself as you read and unpacked the readings?
What solutions, if any, can you imagine to address the problems presented in the pieces?
What major things do you take away from this week’s reading?
Are there any areas in this reading where you can make any meaningful connections to the content being covered in your other classes, your own life, or any current events?
Just as a reminder, you are required to write at least two to three pages, and you are encouraged to focus on or highlight anything that’s particularly relevant and important to you.
Links:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2021/environmental-justice-race/
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/04/22/environmental-racism-examples
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/15/newark-new-jersey-lead-water-crisis/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/21/benton-harbor-michigan-lead-water-poisoned
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/29/i-felt-i-killed-my-children-lead-poisons-california-community-and-fills-kids-teeth
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/956012329/hope-and-skepticism-as-biden-promises-to-address-environmental-racism
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