Even the Air is Racist

Environmental racism is harming Black communities

Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
Published in
4 min readMay 1, 2023

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Plant at Mississippi river bank. Louisiana, USA
Image: Shutterstock/Nekto Fadeev

According to extensive research over the past three decades, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color are disproportionately affected by exposure to air pollution and toxic substances.

If that weren’t enough, federal, state, and local governments provide less money to these communities to address such problems.

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Jeffrey Kass
ZORA
Writer for

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