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Quote:“They trash the schools, they trash public housing, and in Flint, they trashed the water.â€
It is imperative that the atrocity unfolding in Flint, Michigan sharpen the discussion of the true nature of the blitzkrieg that has been launched against Black America – as should have occurred a decade ago when Katrina laid bare the grand scheme to remove and disperse poor Blacks from the inner cities by any means necessary. The poisoning of Flint’s water supply is not simply a lethal by-product of some generalized, endemic white racism in the United States. And, although state and federal authorities surely displayed contempt for the welfare of Flint’s predominantly Black and deeply impoverished population, this was not a crime of indifference. Rather, the poisoning of the 100,000 residents of Flint – like the dispersal of 100,000 Black New Orleanians – is the logical result of a nationwide campaign by organized capital to boost the value of urban real estate through Black removal. The governor of Michigan, in the service of corporations and banksters, sought to rid Flint and other Michigan cities of Black and poor people, and deputized his emergency financial managers to act accordingly.
There is a profound difference between damage that is done through contempt or indifference to the harmed persons’ plight – acts of callous oblivion, such as whites not caring what happens on the Black side of town – and harms that occur as the predictable result of a deliberate course of action, a plan. Polluting industries purposely place their plants in Black neighborhoods because they know African Americans lack the political power to protect themselves from pollution, and that some are desperate for employment despite the risk to their health. This is an example of environmental racism. The industry’s motive is to profit from the operations of the plant. The owner’s aim is not necessarily to harm his Black neighbors, but that is an acceptable (to him) by-product of his business model.
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