Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water
The social force of race in relation to natural resources plays a prominent role in which communities are disproportionately affected by pollution. Scholars have described how people of color are disproportionately victims of environmental discrimination and disparities because they lack the necessa...
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| description | The social force of race in relation to natural resources plays a prominent role in which communities are disproportionately affected by pollution. Scholars have described how people of color are disproportionately victims of environmental discrimination and disparities because they lack the necessary social capital to bring attention to their plight, as demonstrated by the case of the Flint, Michigan, Water Crisis. In this article, we use a critical race theory lens to explore how the Flint Water Crisis constitutes a case study of environmental racism. More specifically, we discuss the public health implications of environmental racism on the residents of Flint and conclude with a discussion of the overall implications of environmental justice for public health and social science research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7db3c07a9c44b9899146c200b2e4c712023-09-02T03:36:55ZengThe Netherlands PressJournal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research2576-00172576-00252018-11-011230332410.30658/jicrcr.1.2.6Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty WaterTomeka M. Robinson0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7766-9875Garrett Shum1Sabrina Singh2Hofstra UniversityHofstra UniversityUniversity of MontanaThe social force of race in relation to natural resources plays a prominent role in which communities are disproportionately affected by pollution. Scholars have described how people of color are disproportionately victims of environmental discrimination and disparities because they lack the necessary social capital to bring attention to their plight, as demonstrated by the case of the Flint, Michigan, Water Crisis. In this article, we use a critical race theory lens to explore how the Flint Water Crisis constitutes a case study of environmental racism. More specifically, we discuss the public health implications of environmental racism on the residents of Flint and conclude with a discussion of the overall implications of environmental justice for public health and social science research.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jicrcr/vol1/iss2/6flint water crisisenviromental racismcritical race theory |
| spellingShingle | Tomeka M. Robinson Garrett Shum Sabrina Singh Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research flint water crisis enviromental racism critical race theory |
| title | Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water |
| title_full | Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water |
| title_short | Politically Unhealthy: Flint’s Fight Against Poverty, Environmental Racism, and Dirty Water |
| title_sort | politically unhealthy flint s fight against poverty environmental racism and dirty water |
| topic | flint water crisis enviromental racism critical race theory |
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