What Is Environmental Racism?
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I'm black but Al-jazeera, this was just stupid. If you earn $50k a year, you can afford to live in a nice area.
***** History is one thing, we are living in the present. If you can afford it, you can live anywhere in America.
+BLK Pill He isn't slow, you are just dumb as fuck. If you are making 50k a year, you aren't going to be living in a neighborhood that would get gentrified you moron. Also, mass intentional housing discrimination hasn't happened for a few decades now, blacks making 50k can move into any neighborhood they can afford. Welcome to the present buddy, it's time to stop blaming your problems on everyone else.
+BLK Pill Fair Housing Act of 1968.
I think the point of the video was to show that low income neighborhoods are more likely to be dumped on. The fact that they jumped the gun and immediately shoe horned racism is definitely a cash grab effort.
Even if your a black man making 50k per year it's not only the money it's also finding the right place to move to. Not a lot of good neighborhoods will accept black people especially if it's a white neighborhood. My uncle use to live in a white neighborhood and he was doing fine until the neighbors threaten to kill him if he did move so it's not even the money it's the people as well.
Everything is racist, everything is sexist, and everything is problematic. This is what I learn from progressive "news" networks.
+Emperor of Holy Rome *Mission accomplished!* Now that you can correctly identify the root cause of most of the world's problems, you can start working towards fixing them.
+Awesome McBadass This country was built on, by, with racism with sexist backgrounds and is still trying to bring attention to it now. If its this long to get attention of it....where was the time to fix it?
+Emperor of Holy Rome -typical liberal
SHUTTERSHOT45 I was just doing an impression of a liberal, that's just all. I am not blind by liberal media outlets.
you're way too ignorant to actually listen to their facts and understand why racism exists.
And I thought the air conditioning is sexist argument was stupid
Leo Trejo this is not *as* stupid but it comes close
Same
Yes it is. It's a stupid meme to get people's attention. You know how clickbait works? You're still yet to take down this video. Conservatards just can't construct a coherent argument.
Leo Trejo me too they should charge me for sexual harassment
@@Competitive_Antagonist Your credibility was lot once you uttered the term "conservatard".
"All zip codes are not created equal" 😄
Which is completely reasonable
Dumbass.
It would be tyrannical to force zip codes to be equal.
I'm 100% sure we are just living in a corrupted demo of life at this point.
Umm. The math is a little under the hood. What are the percentages? Using the word "mostly" and "more likely" is good for a small video. But where are the numbers?
The actual statistics will not support their lying propaganda. They can't use real facts because facts do not support what they are saying.
Thats because math is racist too lol.
@@shr00mhead I thought math was sexist with math anxiety "oppresing" women lol
Boooo-hooooo 😭 EnViRoNmEnTaL rAciSms!!! 😭
Leftists: how do we make people stupid? Ooooh, i know! Lets just attach the word "racism" to literally everything. That seems to work.
My shower called me the N word the other day...
I knew it, AJ was right from beginning :D
Lololol!!!
What a time to be alive.
The backlash in this comment section is simply due to a lack of information and exposure to the issue of environmental racism.
I grew up in area code 48217, just a few blocks away from the Marathon Oil Refinery and Morton Salt Mine. In the winter I'd leave my home for school and have to close my eyes so they wouldnt sting and hold my breath until I got into the car. My neighborhood was called "the hole" and it smelled like one filled with rotting flesh as Marathon Oil released tons of Sulfur deposits every day into the air.
Marathon oil wasn't present before my people were, they moved in on US. They would not have done what they do now to the white middle class. Most plants and oil refineries are situated amongst poor and/or minority communities.
This narrative that people should just move is neglectful of the several other forms of systemic racism present that keep marginalized people stagnat or complacent in bad situations such as poverty, broken school systems (school to prison pipeline), racist urban planning (look into red-lining), the deconstruction of flourishing black communities (look into black-bottom detroit), and the infamous criminal INjustice system in the USA (war on drugs, mass incarceration). With these tremendous pressures impacting the very lives of all marginalized people, specifically the black and poor, "just moving" is not as easy as many of these snarky youtube comments make it seem.
Christian Barber all the ‘well just move’ comments GMFU. so much ignorance in the comments. Thank you very much for sharing this. This topic is real and greatly affecting BIPOC and poor communities
Have you considered getting a job?
That's one explanation. Another is the backlash in this comment section is due to absurd claims by leftist morons who make up new issues to control stupid people and when called out by those who can actually think for themselves they simply scream racism.
@@ministryoftruth1451 I'm lost on why you think you know what you're talking about. Why do you believe your opinions are more "truthful" than the real experiences of people? This video is not arguing that the environment itself is racist, it is saying that communities of color are more likely to be exploited in order for money to be saved by the climate-destroying entities that supply our utilities and produce waste that is detrimental to human health. Because lower-income communities and communities of color have less political power, they are more likely to be negatively affected by these things. It is of no benefit to you to ignore these truths, especially when human lives are at stake.
@@maxmiller6956 The only thing you said that is true is that people with lower income have less political power. Newsflash, that's not racism. Stupid people need to stop falling for false narratives like environmentalism for one.
Lmao this satire is brilliant.
+Charlie Green -- If only it was satire, it's truly pathetic. Just when you think Leftists can't sink any lower.
Long time since you posted, but if you think a paid shill by one of the most conservative tyrannies in the world is somehow "left" then your off the mark and badly. Qatar isn't left, it is a racist, serfdom intolerant ultra-conservative government. You do realize that AJ is owned and controlled by Qatar, right?
Richard Blackmore And The Young Turks.
***** Naw, TYT has less money and influence than AJ. The Turks joined AJ because Cenk is to cheap to hire news reporters or journalists and thought that by " joining up " with them he could make his own show look more legit, and save some cash. Now he gets to explain why it is he hooked up with a " news agency " that is owned by a country like Qatar. But then again, who cares? TYT went of the deep end years ago and is mostly just a parody. BTW, I have respect for " lefties" that are classic liberals, I might not agree with them, but at least I understand them, and their motives are decent. But AJ and TYT are authoritarian left. The kind of folks who will shove a veggie salad in your mouth while raiding your refrigerator and stealing all your food because " it is bad for you".
they actually believe this.
The amount of people that actually go along with this video are the reason why we are screwed.
I'm about 107% sure that AJ+ is basically ran by tumblr...
The like to dislike ratio says it al...
Wow this blows my mind. 🤯 20th century and we’re still behind.
😂 eNviRoNmEnTaL rAciSmS! Booo-hoooo! Time to wake up Ayu 🤡
Oh. I thought your mind was blown by how idiotic it is.
I'm black And I didn't even know what her point was
can we please stop inventing new types of racism.
and while I'm bitchin', stop trying to redefine regular racism.
Caucasian male comments 2016 edition.
+John Miles There is nothing new about this 'type' of racism. This is just another lens by which racism can be viewed. AJ+ didn't invent the realities in Flint or Detroit, they are just trying to parse them for people around the nation not familiar with these situations. Poorer neighborhoods are often the victims of these abuses; it just so happens that the vast majority of these neighborhoods are full of Black and brown people and it is connected with the very real history of racism in our country.
If you think that removing the right of democratically elected governance in all of the Black cities in Michigan (and then intentionally running said cities into the ground) is not racist, then you may want to re-evaluate your own biases.
+l
2030's definition of racism = not getting data when driving through a tunnel.
+D. Johnson
I enjoy that you use the phrase "lens". think about that for a moment, (I know it seems off but bear with me) it hints at the idea of using a special " racial" perspective to view the world through. objectivity, reason, and egalitarianism get tossed out in favor of a kind of "balancing the scales".
I don't doubt that that community suffers from racism. they are poor and disenfranchised.
but what is more reasonable? (remember ocoms razor)
they cut water to a poor powerless community, because they are POOR AND POWERLESS.
or
do you believe that they seriously sat around and contemplated "let poison black people, cuz they black"
it's possible I grant you.
+John Miles Being poor and powerless is not removed from being Black. That is kind of the larger point in this discussion. These communities have been poor and powerless for generations largely because of the histories of legal discrimination within this country.
I think that it is perfectly reasonable to assume that race is involved as a motivating factor if you observe the common issues surrounding this problem. If you look at all the variables, then you can see that only one variable remains constant-- race. These incidents happen in both rural and urban areas. They give numerical data in the video showing variances in income are also not indicative of the problem. Along with income, you can throw in differing levels of education. The only known constant is that these communities are non-White (and specifically Black).
I find it ridiculous that you would reference Ockham's Razor as though I am making unfounded assumptions. I am using the data provided along with our historical legacy as a country to make a *deduction*.
I also find it ridiculous that you put forth using a lens as though it means that objectivity has been thrown out the window. A lens is simply a frame of reference through which you view a problem. Any problem exists specifically within the frame of reference around it. It is similar to how you cannot measure a problem in physics without first choosing a variable to set your perspectives around (basically the theory of relativity). If you are assuming that you are being somehow egalitarian and objective by ignoring the framework of the issues at hand, you are most likely creating a bias. Using a lens does not mean that everything suddenly becomes racist, it means that you include certain concepts as variables and possibilities which might otherwise be overlooked. The fact that you don't realize that means that you probably are not familiar with the concept, and you should re-evaluate it.
I do not think that these people necessarily went out with the idea to harm Blacks and only Blacks. I think that it is much more likely that because these communities were Black, it was not seen as a problem to disadvantage them. When you disassociate people from your own group (a passive component of racism), you can act against them without considering how they are affected. Just like how you can send them poisoned water to save a couple million dollars without considering the ramifications to their communities.
I'm writing a paper on the topic of Environmental Justice. I found this video and broke out laughing within the first 20 seconds
I'm debating on whether on not it's satire. 😂
@@johncarapinha5600 It isn't, just check out her channel if you haven't already. XD
@@johncarapinha5600 Nowak has got a white nationalist flag as there profile image, no wonder they don't believe in environmental racism
@@SasquatchChanHD Thanks for chiming in. Let's see YOU explain what environmental racism is, because these SJW morons in this video are just a bunch of lib-tards.
i find peace in knowing your essay was definitely dogshit.
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" when we elect Bernie Sanders
How did that work for ya?
This video is the reason why I no longer have faith in the human race
Thanks to this vid, I successfully arrested 3 gallons of water. I bet they'll think twice before they systematically oppress me again.
Made my day. Thank you very much.
someone should borrow Tom Selleck's water truck, fill it full of Flint water, drive it to Lansing and just pour it into the sewer system. then repeat that process multiple times a week. it should be no big deal right? since the water quality in Flint is fine for consumption and all.
I agree that there's racism, not only in America but in the whole western world. I've got to admit, I'm not that familiar with environmental racism but I think the term is misleading since it covers up an important relation, the relation between class and racism. Only when taken at face-value of course, if we take a look at the definition class is included more often than not. Anyway, the reason why people are disproportionately affected at all is class. The reason why people within the group of those disproportionately affected people are disproportionately affected is racism. I'd argue that when talking about "environmental racism" it'd be better to simply refer to it as a face of structural racism since it doesn't suggest misleading implications when taken at face value. Some people here in the comment section even thought that it was referring to the environment being racist. To be fair, that might just be the result from not understanding the sociological definition(s) of racism. It would make it easier for people to understand and harder for people who don't want to understand to misunderstand.
Yes. Biden is racist
She just told you that this problem even transcends class, as even being middle class, black people are still tons more likely to live near environmental pollution than poor white people.
You and Kamala have a lot in common. All you are speaking is word salad.
@@peakhelliw1509
I mean I used a lot of unnecessary words back then but it's still mostly coherent
@@lolzerd3745 the average north-american can't read, so why bother? Like, seven years ago you displayed real concern uneducated individuals would find "environmental racism" too much of a complicated term, yet four months ago somebody called your fair argument (in favor of a simpler term) to be a word salad. Anyhow, you adressed the possibility of folks not wanting to understand it
The meme is 1000000000000000000000000x better than this
Doesn't this have to do with people moving closer to the factories back in 1920s through 50s because people moved downtown to be closer to their work at the factories because no one had cars and no one knew that there was going to be health hazards.
Of course it does. Some people see racism in everything.
YES
Julia sometimes does things differently because Julia has
*A U T I S M*
I swear I might have lost 46 chromosomes from watching this
Generally people living in poverty live close to pollution because it cheaper.
The title is misleading at first glance since it looks like more PC stuff but if you look past the title the content of this video starts to make sense.
Lower-income people do get pushed into high polluted places since the real estate is cheaper in those areas. And since African Americans aren't able to just live wherever because of the general racism in rural areas they are especially affected by this concept.
AA people can live wherever they want and can afford, just like everyone else. Jump on into 2023 w the rest of us.
If you make 60k/year then you have the means to live somewhere nice, stop playing the premium executive victim card AJ
I think that is besides the point. Yes you can move, but the point is that these industries purposefully set up in neighborhoods where the majority of the population is black, as they are less likely to get fined or sued for polluting the area because the people who live in these areas know their complaints will be ignored by the federal and local governments. So it is basically a racist scheme which both the industry and the local governments profit from at the expense of the black community. These people should not have to pick up and move because some corporation has come and screwed up THEIR neighborhood.
I put in the word "there" and "ther must be something in the water" came up. I clicked on it, and then when I opened the bar again, it added on "and it's racism
This is a good example of noise pollution reverse racism and critical thinker bigotry. It's the number one problem in the world today.
I'd love to say only in America, but it's not the case. If you wanna see a clear case of this kind of inequality, go to Brazil. The favellas should explain the rest.
same thing happens in France as well....
This story is all too common around the world
+KyuubiValkyurie Canada.
+gerard bain Yeah, I think it's more of a class thing rather than a matter of race - although the figures this video shows are quite unsettling.
KyuubiValkyurie i was thinking the same....but when i saw a documentary about rasicm in France.... I saw how people of colour are given homes in these unclean places which are near to factories & airports and such....but people when they try to move out of these places they are unable to rent homes in these areas.... Mainly because these white owners don't want to give it to them.....So they end up right back where they are....
I honestly don't even know what the word racism means anymore its been so distorted and twisted
This is how I found out racism is strong and exist True Story My neighbors daughter was pregnant the family was so excited, they were all at the hospital and out popped a black baby. That room went silent real quick. True story
+Hassan Abdifatah was her partner black or was she black/had black ancestry? If that's not the case then it's not racism, it's just people thinking she's unfaithful, the same would've happened had it been a latino or asian kid.
if it was based on racism and not poverty why didn't they use an example of a wealthy majority black town being polluted?
This video is proof that you can lose IQ points instantly by 100
Y’all joking but this shit real
nah it isnt
Nope.
We're hitting autism levels that shouldn't even be possible
Have you ever heard of moving?
Son: Dad, what is autism?
Dad: It will be easier to just show you son....
omg that hilarious!
We're not like this.
Many of us go to 4chan, which is opposite of this.
This isn't ordinary autism...this is...
*A D V A N C E D A U T I S M*
This is not autism. Stop bastardizing the term autism. Autistic people lack social skills but they can be very intelligent. This is retardation.
This is more hilarious then Robin Williams I can't stop laughing.
" oh look there are a lots of white decorations". "THAT'S RACIST!!!"
*Windows Multiple Error Screen Shows Up*
Wow, I am now officially scared of society
Hahaha, right? People like this are clowns.
If you're making $50-60K a year (more than the present median income in America), you have the option to live in roughly 95% of the nation. Living next to a petrochemical refinery is ultimately a choice.
I'm very much against dumping dangerous chemicals ANYWHERE, but I'm pretty certain that those chemicals don't discriminate once they're dumped.
Why is the Dean of public affairs in Texas the best enviormental advocate
You can't be serious. And the worst part, THERES ACTUALLY LIKES ON IT!!!!
The one thing I can respect her for is that she didn't pull an Anita Sarkeeshian and disable everything
Why do I get this weird feeling that your uncle is also yoru father?
I wonder if the Africa environment is racist. This video getting me ideas
0:12 inserts no one cares intro movie meme here
Shit, if all of my arguments & essays were this good with this much research I would have exactly 0 qualifications.
1965:
I'm sure we'll have flying cars and a cure for cancer in the future
2017:
people get triggered by air and water
....air is water is what it takes to survive lmao- if you didnt have one , especially both, youd be triggered too
Im pretty sure most people want good healthy air and water. Don't want cholera right?
We're hitting levels of autism that shouldn't be possible
Environmental racism may be a real thing, but it’s probably a way bigger issue in other third world counties compared to the United States
I genuinely can't tell if this is a joke or not....
Why do we need to frame environmental hazards and pollution as a "race" issue? Is it really necessary to lump the two together?
There is enough "-isms" already in the world. Why contribute to it?
They can just move instead of complain or who's fault is it that they chose to live there?
***** How is it white ppl's fault? they're not the ones who made them move there, that was something they chose to do on their own.
+Random20 So white ppl made them do it? they didn't gather all their things from where they were b4 and moved there?
+Random20 One of the primary causes of poverty in America is the practice of having children before one has the financial means to handle them, chiefly before marriage or during one's teenage years.
Are you going to blame that on white people too?
***** Of course he or she is going to blame that on white ppl cus everything is their fault.
Are you saying that certain continents are environmentally racist? Is there environmental racism in other countries or just here ?
Shouldn't it be "ecosystemic racism" ?
Channels like this usually say if it's not systemic oppression than it isn't actual racism, so environmental racism is like reverse racism, because it doesn't acknowledge ecosystems of privilege plus power.
This video is tremendously helpful! thank you so much for sharing. By the way, I love how everyone in the comment section is laughing and making fun of the video, but didn't dare commenting on what she is talking about. You are simply dismissing it... how about refuting it?
They can’t. They can only deny systemic discrimination but not actually prove it doesn’t exist. This blatant ignorance is just a cover up for their implicit racism but they just don’t have the balls to admit it.
Try getting an education that leads to a career that benefits all people instead of using your mind to justify these idiotic systemic racism excuses cause a group of people cannot better themselves.
eNviRoNmEnTaL rAciSmS guys don’t you KNOW systemic racisms!!!!🤣😂🤣
@@philipvaughn1886 "better themselves." You are simply racist, there is no other explanation. You are ignoring the magnitudes of evidence and experiences that demonstrate the discrimination that Black people face in this country. You are ignoring the fact that our economic system creates a self-perpetuating cycle, where bettering your socioeconomic status is so much more difficult than most can fathom. There is no excuse here, there is an issue that is being cited, an issue that detrimentally affects the well-being of real people. Either accept that these issues exist or accept the fact that you are a blatant racist.
Thank you for showing us how ignorantly gullible y'all are for believing this 🗑️ The brainwashing is real.
Wow now I heard everything
Can't believe the comment section survived this long. Its impressive how these people keep a straight face as they lie through their teeth.
I belive that most of the people that gave a like on this video only liked it cause of a good laugh those people had while watching this... I dont even know how to call it its so bad
Thank you AJ+, for another video that highlights the problems that are still present in America today. Although, most people rather you didn't speak facts because, apparently shedding light is "race-baiting", even though it's not *_your_* fault that you have to report that the majority of these injustices affect minorities.
+corinthians Boo Hoo!
***** what?
***** tu sabe
Hahahaha
Enough was enough when you decided to upload this video
The flint water crisis is not a racist matter, like you said most people are living in poverty so people in the Govn tried to save a few bucks by switching to a closer water source. It's still a bad situation but that's the truth.
Stop invoking racism into every single issue. If you want to move to a different city, then just do it.
People like her are what's wrong with the world today
What is the Race of the people who have to live by Windmills ? Why don't we put those noisy windmills in Washington DC, say around the Mall between the Wash monument and Lincoln memorial. and oh yes, show our steadfastness and build those windmills taller than the Wash monument. Next we can demand ALL Co-signers of the Paris Accords also place windmills in their capitals.
@@jimcork6296 People of all different races can live by windmills. What's your point?
Look in the mirror it's u
The Calcom foundation & its linked to environmental classism
I don't know if you have realized this but people can choose where they live
0:42 that's just poor decision then ...
Did you know that at least 70% of stair accidents happen on the stairs?
There is an issue with low-income and minorities being affected by environmental pollution. I would of like if they stated there resources though.
"The American Dream" "The land of the free" "The champion of democracy".
Can you please name the study mentioned at 0:36? I am very interested.
Thank you for raising awareness for this topic.
Dumb*ss
SooO much aWaReNeSs tO eNviRoNmEnTaL rAciSmS! 🤣😂🤡
@@Chadthefatherbear It just shows how brainwashed people can be.
@@joeyharper4976 and I used to be one of them. I know _exactly_ how they think and feel about this stuff. The only thing to do in response to most of them now is just laugh.
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They are not “forced”. Its just that they dont have the money to live in one of the good neighborhoods.
school forcing me to watch this in class☠️
Good! Pay attention and learn something!
As a young student, I suppose I would have stayed. Today, I would have stood up and walked out of class. Ridiculous indoctrination.
Wow u woke my mind ur amazing im gonna go play with my fidget spinner
Lol not giving scources
I just did a project on this. I wonder why people are saying it doesn't exist?
When you have about 507676890 extra chromosomes
now I know why this became a meme
Enough will be enough when people learn to critically think and sift through the bullshit.
Does the establishment of industries in formerly colonized countries by the West also come under environmental racism?
Isn’t water controlled by local authorities? How will the federal government help?
:p I never expected this video to exist :P questing life atm
I saw this on a dank meme compilation. Most of the stuff on that makes more sense then this.
Did they even bother to search up the definition for racism though?
Just cause you move there doesn't mean we do it to hate
“Making them live” they aren’t forced to live there, through hard work they can make it out. Also it’s not just people of colour who live in these areas, so it’s not racist either.
I was waiting for the parody, but it's actually a serious video! (------___------)
ME TOO!!! LMAO This is absolutely the dumbest shit ever....ever.
How they ever thought of blaming the people?
i tried tellin my mom n others about how america is like a toxic watsed country but she doesnt see that nor hears about it, others doesnt care nor hears bout it either
Thats because your conclusion is stupid and untrue. :D Racism is everywhere, darling.
MEME MATERIAL!!!! OH MY GOODNESS... NEXT LEVEL STUFF!!!!!!
dank memes anyone
"no one cares"
this is crazyyyyyy. can't believe America really doesn't give one about being blatantly racist. its sick and sad. Great video btw
0:28 You couldn't find a better photo of the guy?