Racism Is Alive And Well In America

Racism is alive and well in America

This Juneteenth as we celebrate and reflect on the progress we've made and look to what we can do to improve equal rights for black folks I want to bring attention to an issue far too closet to my heart- environmental racism.

I had a friend who died, far too young. It's been many years so newer tumblr users won't know him. His name was james and he was a popular tumblr user when he was alive @kumagawa . I idolized him like an older brother, and still do. He lived in Flint, Michigan. He was around 27 when he died. He was a healthy man, other than the fact he lived with dirty water in Flint, Michigan.

I'll never fucking forgive the US government for killing my friend, my brother. Why did James die? Because Flint, Michigan is 56% Black. Because it would be expensive to fix the lead pipes that gave my friend lead poisoning and killed him.

As of April 24,2024 the city of Flint, Michigan still hasn't replaced all the lead pipes that are poisoning the people living there.

https://www.aclumich.org/en/press-releases/residents-still-waiting-city-flint-replace-all-lead-pipes-10-year-anniversary-water

Ten Years Later, Flint Still Doesn't Have Clean Water
Human Rights Watch
In April 2014, Dionna—a native of Flint, Mich.—was experiencing the water crisis firsthand. To cut costs, Flint city officials had switched
Flint’s Never-Ending Water Crisis and ‘Punishment Nightmare’
The American Prospect
Corporate executives meet in Paris, Washington delays restitution, and the city dithers over pipe replacements.
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’
the Guardian
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice

If you can help, give money to Mari Copeny's go fund me.

Donate to Little Miss Flint Clean Water Fund, organized by LuLu Brezzell
gofundme.com
My name is Mari Copeny, I’m a 12 year old from Flint, Michigan. You may know me as Li… LuLu Brezzell needs your support for Little Miss Flin

Mari Copeny, better known as Little miss Flint, is now 16 years old and over the past few years has raised nearly a million dollars for her community.

She has a website to links for other ways to support the community

Please reblog this post if you can't give any money... It would mean the world to me if I could use my friend's memory to help promote environmental racism and the issues still facing his community today.

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