The Intercept: The "Trash" School

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1. Horrifying

But for years soil and air testing have consistently revealed evidence of substantial environmental toxins on the property. Levels of the carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene peaked in 2020 at a concentration up to 218 times higher than what is considered safe for direct exposure in residential settings. Researchers, meanwhile, have pinpointed East Gainesville as an asthma hot spot.

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2. Wonder what the uproar would be if such a thing landed in Slippery Sam Alito's back yard.

[Karadeniz]

3. It would be nice if the churches would all deliver sermons on love your neighbor

as yourself or do unto others....

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4. Laws would be more effective than churches

Confronting Environmental Racism

Racism systematically constructs inequities by conferring advantages upon one racial/ethnic group at the expense of others. Power and privilege are distributed unevenly across space and time—as are the characteristics of the human environment—enabling racist structures and institutions to influence the environments in which people live, play, and work. Environmental racism is a critically important component of this broader system of oppression.

Environmental racism impacts individual communities of color in several ways. Over many decades, the discriminatory policies and practices that constitute environmental racism have disproportionately burdened communities of color, specifically Black Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIs/ANs), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic (sometimes called Latinx) populations. Frequently, these communities are located next to pollution sources such as major roadways, toxic waste sites, landfills, and chemical plants. Environmental racism has also concentrated disadvantaged populations in substandard housing, where hazardous exposures are much more likely. Manifestations of environmental racism have been documented in several other exposure situations. Often communities of color face cumulative health impacts from multiple co-occurring exposures.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8137098/

[NanaCat]

5. They do

The problem is that their members define 'neighbour' and 'others' in ways different than how you define them.

It's what the cult has always done.