Roots Run Deep | What is Environmental Racism?

Welcome to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! We are your hosts Rafa & Kiara. We work at Urban Tilth as Just Transition Organizers. We want to thank our listeners for always staying consistent and tuning in. In this episode, we are talking about Environmental Racism and how it makes us feel in addition to how we see it in our COMMUNITY. We as a community know what our community needs! We hope that this episode reflects the ongoing conversations our community has regarding the environmental impacts and politics. Please feel free to leave a comment on anything you believe we might have missed or if you have any questions.
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Time Stamps
00:18 Host Intro/ Thank you Listeners
01:47 Episode 5 topic
02:21 Environmental Racism Definitions
04:23 How does it make us feel
10:00 Local Examples of Environmental Racism
12:16 Trying to leave “Making it out of the hood”
19:42 Jobs
26:24 Redlined community working class WW2
28:30 New developments bring more PM 2.5
32:40 Politicians and big polluters control our sacred elements
33:56 Other communities with Environmental Racism
43:42 Organizers need to unite and Recharge
45:06 You’re Not Alone
47:58 (Closing) Leave a comment on how this episode made you feel.
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