Thursday, June 18, 2020

Not Climate Change Too

The past four months alone:

COVID-19 hates us.

Cops who are racist hates us.

And now climate too?  

A New York Times article, Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most, stated:

“Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have children who are premature, underweight or stillborn, and African-American mothers and babies are harmed at a much higher rate…minorities bear a disproportionate share of the danger from pollution and global warming.  Not only are minority communities in the United States far more likely to be hotter than the surrounding areas, a phenomenon known as the “heat island” effect, but they are also more likely to be located near polluting industries.”  New York Times, 6/18/2020


And we still don't understand systemic racism. 

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