Can the Environment be Racist?

Anti-Racism, Association, Minister of Faith in Action

How can the environment be racist? Concern for the environment is multidimensional. Though the environmental justice movement dates back to the 1970s, too many people still think caring for the environment and working for social justice are two distinct areas of engagement. We think of the air, the water, the rainforest, our lightbulbs, our cars, our food, our trash—the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Not enough of us think of our neighborhoods.