As fate would have it just seconds ago this headline popped up on the thread:
Is racism making you FAT? Victims of prejudice are at greater risk of obesity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3130133/posts
Apparently fat people had not got the memorandum.
"Information on environmental justice has become bountiful in the past decade. Although a great deal of attention has focused on the literature pertaining to this subject, there is also an emerging field around videos related to Superfund, hazardous waste, toxins, facility siting, environmental justice, and environmental racism. For example, productions from organizations such as Greenpeace, the Video Project, and Bullfrog Films have made videos on environment and race, poverty, and political disenfranchisement. In addition, grassroots activists, community groups, environmental organizations, social justice, and civil rights advocates have captured environmental justice struggles on film. Several university lectures and panels are included in an attempt to demonstrate the role of educators and students in the environmental justice movement.
Environmental justice issues go well beyond the anti-toxins campaign to include public health, housing, land use, transportation, energy, political empowerment, pollution prevention, etc. The environmental movement is no longer considered the sole domain of the middle-class and elites. Today, grassroots activists, civil rights leaders, and environmental justice advocates are demanding fair treatment and equal enforcement of the nation's environmental, health, housing, transportation, energy, and civil rights laws.
The videos listed in this directory attempt to highlight some of the diverse problems linked to environmental injustice. Many of the videos show communities taking direct action to address their specific problem. The listings are by no means exhaustive. However, they can be instructive in educating the public about major environmental problems in or near people's homes, neighborhoods, and work places.
This video directory will be updated and expanded as additional material is retrieved. This material was compiled by Christopher Weldon, a graduate research assistant in the Department of Sociology and Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Any new listings or video announcements should be sent to his attention....................."
NBF, I think there’s a difference between the world and the media. “Racist” is swiftly losing its cache.