“New York’s Invisible Climate Migrants” and “Racial Capitolocence” both have different viewpoints on environmental racism. “New York’s Invisible Climate Migrants” made the reader more aware of how the Climate Change affected the Canarsie Community. “Racial Capitolocence” on the other hand is a more opinionated piece where a variety of authors have different perspectives of the impact race plays on climate change. After reading both articles it is prevalent that low income and race plays hand in hand to the injustice of climate change in your community.
Hurricane Sandy forced the people of Canarsie, a Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn to leave their homes, some even moving back to their home countries. Harold Jones, a resident in of the Canarsie neighborhood believes “a lot of people don’t have the resources to rebuild” resulting in companies wanting to “buy homes for cash” in the community. The Government programs designed to help the community were considered “inadequate” which forced people who did not want to move to move anyway.
“Racial Capitolocence” article goes on to add how business’ prey on flood ridden communities. The article describes Climate Change as “a project for colonial powers” and a “unintentional consequence of industrialization. As a result of this many communities will continue to suffer financially for years to come