Researchers from the University of Washington looked at 170 studies to analyze how systemic racism impacts surrounding ecology. In a word: catastrophically. They found that poor, urban communities of color are also low on biodiversity, while high on rodents, disease-carrying pests, and temperature. The latter is known as the “heat island” effect, where areas with less natural water and greenery have higher temperatures, which in turn fuels the negative effects of climate change.
The paper is largely a call to scientists for adoption of racial equality as a cornerstone of environmental health:Redlining and other discriminatory housing practices lead to neighborhoods with fewer trees, plants, and animals, often near dumping or industrial sites, which leads to more pollution, and a downward ecological spiral ensues.
Blacks live in poor democrat controlled neighborhoods, democrats run their cities to the ground, more poor people move to subsidized housing, don’t look after the area. Area suffers. It is the white people’s fault.