After reading both of the articles, I realized that race matters depending on where you live. It’s unfortunate to say, but it’s true. I noticed that the “New York’s invisible Climate Immigrants” article, it spoke more about how these companies are buying people out of their houses, causing them to move out. Additionally, it speaks about affordability. At one point she talks about how in a certain area, black families are the majority and own the most homes in an area in Brooklyn. These people are the most affected by it because they are the ones from who these companies are buying their houses. She says “Targeted intensely by subprime lenders during the housing bubble, they have consistently had some of the highest foreclosure rates in the city.” That’s where I see a little similarity with the other article, “Racial Capitalocene.” While it’s not exactly about the same topic, the point of similarity is when it talks about how black communities and neighborhoods deal with having to live near toxic wastes. In both these articles, black communities are the target. “It showed that race was the single most important factor in determining where toxic waste facilities were sited in the United States.” The main idea for both of these articles is that race affects how you are treated. (In the context of living situations)
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I agree with the similarity you pointed out between the articles. I like how you said black communities are the target because race unfortunately plays a huge role in the attention you get from people in power. I also mentioned race playing a factor in different living situations, so I was interested to see how you interpreted it.
I agree with your analysis on both articles and I also interpreted it similarly to yours. Both articles may be quite different but at one point they portrayed a similar message of how race plays a huge part of how people are treated by the government and which areas they live in.