Writing II KMWF

Blog 3

Through both articles, (“New York’s Invisible Climate Migrants” and “Racial Capatilocne”) there seems to be an underlying problem with the way race effects the way of living for people more specifically people of color. In the first article, an area called Canarsie in New York has had “62 percent of the population identified as black ” and it has been difficult for them to keep homes since they were “targeted by subprime lenders” which then led to a large increase of foreclosure in the area. This has been doing nothing but affecting their lives. In the article “Racial Capatilocne” there was a publication in 1987 of “Toxic Waste and Race in the United States” that mentions how “race was the single most important factor in determining where toxic facilities were sited in the United States”. This shows how racial equality was not of much importance to the government and affects the lives of these people. Its also stated in the report that ” three out of every five Black and Hispanic Americans lived in communities with uncontrolled toxic waste sites” so not only do these people of the community live through these harsh conditions, but they have no say in where these toxic waste sites should be located since that can only be controlled by the government. Although both articles “New York’s Invisible Climate Migrants” and “Racial Capatilocne” aren’t really discussing the same topic, they both have similar opinions discussing the inequality of particular races living in the environment and the harsh conditions they have to endure.