henrylmosley

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have just seen the bazoocam videos asserting that 'the > climate crisis is a racist crisis'. > > We live in an unequal world where power, money and > influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny > number of people. Marginalised groups, poor > nations and those who lack access to resources, > and /or are subject to discrimination, may well > find themselves unfairly disadvantaged in all > manner of ways. This includes being > disproportionately affected by pollution and > globally, by the effects of climate change. > > At the same time, the most affluent individuals, > nations and societies are able to do more to > mitigate the worst effects of pollution and > mediate the impacts of climate change on their > lives. > > Never the less, climate change will be felt by the > whole planet and privilege can only shields people > so far and for so long. > > The way societies have developed, are organised > and resources distributed may well be racist, but > climate change is indiscriminate. We need to build > the broad alliances necessary to create successful > social change. > > In short, we need to tackle racism and inequality. > We need to tackle climate change. Making climate > change specifically a BAME issue?? it feels > reductionist to me and not particularly helpful. It is strange to see how this topic has now changed in consideration after recent events. It's long past time to raise the issue of climate and resources. It's hard to think about.