"Climate justice is racial justice. The climate crisis has always been an issue embedded in systemic racism. Where can we find fossil fuel infrastructure? In communities of color. All the pollutants and toxins those refineries and power plants emit harm the Black and brown communities nearby. Black people, in particular, have borne an unfair burden from the drivers of climate change. Changing this isn't simple. It's not something we can just snap our fingers, and it'll be gone. Solving this will require a complete transformation of social policies. All that money cities and counties spend on their police departments? They can invest it in Black communities to build public transit infrastructure, bike lanes, clean energy projects. That'll take some serious political will. While it's growing, it's not growing nearly fast enough to save the lives of the people climate change is set to harm first and worst."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yessenia_Funes
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Yessenia Funes
7 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Yessenia Funes →
Related Quotes
"I grew up in a predominantly Black and Latine community where gang violence was common. My parents grew up in El Salv…"
"For me, seeing energy and organizing from young people is incredibly motivating. I grew up feeling ambivalent to the …"
"For a long time, environmental justice was kept separate from the environment at large. It's become "mainstream" only…"
"My fear is that we won't act quickly enough to leave a habitable world for the youth working so hard to save it. Afte…"
"My greatest hope is the youth. They see the issue for what it is. They see it through this racial lens. They understa…"
"Vote! What we need is systemic change, and that'll only happen if the right people are in office. So vote! Or if you …"
"We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it not as just so much air, water, and real estate, bu…"
"The memory of one who is taken into the heart of a little child is kept forever green."
"What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you…"
"Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking."