New study proves the damaging health impact of environmental racism on black people in the US

In June, former Daily Kos writer and current staff writer at The Atlantic, Vann Newkirk II, argued that environmental racism is the new Jim Crow. Because some folks will do anything in order not to see racism and how it impacts people of color in almost every way, predictably, certain fragile souls raised a fuss. But Newkirk’s point was factual and well-taken. More than half of the people who live close to hazardous waste are people of color. And a new study out says that black people are 75 percent more likely to live near industrial facilities which are toxic.....
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