Tuesday, August 10, 2010

IF YOU'RE A PERSON OF COLOR, BP'S GOT SOME CRAP FOR YOU


 Proving once again that racism and white supremacy permeate virtually everything that happens in the USA is the not surprising fact that most of the waste collected by BP from the Gulf is being dumped in communities inhabited by people of color.

On the Environmental Justice Blog we find, "According to BP’s Oil Spill Was
te Summary, as of of July 15, more than 39,448 tons of oil garbage had been disposed at nine approved landfills in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. More than half (five out of nine) of the landfills receiving BP oil-spill solid waste are located in communities where people of color comprise a majority of residents living within near the waste facilities. In addition, a significantly large share of the BP oil-spill waste, 24,071 tons out of 39,448 tons (61 percent), is dumped in people of color communities. (Dissident Voice, 7/29/2010)"

One of the "fathers of Environmental Justice" and NAACP member Dr. Robert D. Bullard writes, ""Given the sad history of waste disposal
 in the southern United States, it should be no surprise to anyone that the BP waste disposal plan looks a lot like "Dumping in Dixie," and has become a core environmental justice concern, especially among low-income and people of color communities in the Gulf Coast - communities whose residents have historically borne more than their fair share of solid waste landfills and hazardous waste facilities before and after natural and man-made disasters."


Let's face it, if you are poor, especially, if you are a person of color, your life ain't worth crap to corporate power...and it doesn't matter if that corporation bases itself in the US, Britain, or anywhere else.

What a shock.

My old pal Bill wrote the linked article below which can be found at
BuzzFlash.


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Toxic Nightmare: Where are the Tons of BP’s Oil-spill Garbage Going?
By BuzzFlash
Created 08/10/2010 - 9:56am

BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH


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