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23-05-2023, 07:31 PM
By KAT STAFFORD
Photos by WONG MAYE-E and video by NOREEN NASIR
PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2023
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Across America, nearly 4 in 10 Black children live in areas with poor environmental and health conditions compared to 1 in 10 white children. Factories spew nitrogen oxide and particulate matter. Idling trucks and freeway traffic kick up noxious fumes and dust.
The disparities are built into a housing system shaped by the longstanding effects of slavery and Jim Crow-era laws. Many of the communities that have substandard housing today or are located near toxic sites are the same as those that were segregated and redlined decades ago.
Much more at: https://apnews.com/article/black-childre...ccb613fcb9
Photos by WONG MAYE-E and video by NOREEN NASIR
PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2023
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Across America, nearly 4 in 10 Black children live in areas with poor environmental and health conditions compared to 1 in 10 white children. Factories spew nitrogen oxide and particulate matter. Idling trucks and freeway traffic kick up noxious fumes and dust.
The disparities are built into a housing system shaped by the longstanding effects of slavery and Jim Crow-era laws. Many of the communities that have substandard housing today or are located near toxic sites are the same as those that were segregated and redlined decades ago.
Much more at: https://apnews.com/article/black-childre...ccb613fcb9
