A word on race relations... (part 2)

Environmental racism is something we should talk about, too. Knowing the intentional history of placement of the petrochemical corporations, we can begin to construct a web of structures that impact the community. It forms the disproportional pressure placed upon communities of color that leads to oppression, disenfranchisement, morbidity and mortality.

Mossville, literally, is a poisoned place, because of the refineries, as well as the policies and institutions that allow the toxic practices to continue. Politics, social services, economics all contribute.

Our work and our world-view must be anti-racist in nature. We must challenge and dismantle the structures that oppress, that kill. (For good information and training about anti-racist work, go to The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond) ~~ Josh