| ▲ | mhb 10 hours ago |
| Why is the skin tone of the residents of the affected community relevant? |
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| ▲ | ladidahh 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| In the US, we have a living history of discriminatory policies based on race https://www.thesidewalksymposium.com/blog/the-enduring-shado... , here is a quick overview of redlining in Memphis |
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| ▲ | mhb 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah. I've heard about it. So this wouldn't be a problem if it affected a different group of people? | | |
| ▲ | butlike 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Probably not because if it affected white neighborhoods, it either wouldn't be enacted, shut down after complaints, or receive enough bad press as to be shut down. | | |
| ▲ | mhb 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | That's a lot of assumptions. If they wanted that to be the point of the article they could have done it a lot more explicitly. |
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| ▲ | ladidahh 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It would be the exact same problem, and equally bad. | | |
| ▲ | mhb 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I agree. Which is why I think that detail is not relevant and just a distraction. |
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| ▲ | skywhopper 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Because the people who decided where to locate it and the people in government who could do something to stop it make decisions about how much they care based on those folks’ skin color. If those generators were placed near a rich white neighborhood, the government response would be wildly different. Mississippi in particular is well known at the state government level to actively choose not to enforce environmental regulations in areas where its Black citizens live. |
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| ▲ | redwall_hp 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | And TFA addresses this. South Memphis was a community largely composed of freed slaves, where manufacturers set up shop, the military dumped waste (now a superfund site), and people have continued to mark the area for polluting industries for generations. | |
| ▲ | jordanb 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | To be fair they would definitely do this to rural and/or poor white people too. | | |
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