Racism as a Motivator for Climate Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark A Mitchell (0000-0002-1111-2724, Committee on Climate Change, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 149 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 96-107 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01819 |
| OpenAlex | W3089211531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the wake of the recent unjustifiable deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and several other African Americans at the hands of police, we have witnessed persistent and widespread protests against systemic racism, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed African Americans and Latinos at two to three times the rate of Whites. Racism is undeniably an evil, pervasive, destructive force in our society, yet it can also be a great motivating force. This essay is a personal story of how being the subject of racism led one person to acquire and leverage his professional privilege to help create and change institutions to act on climate and environmental injustices while countering the systemic racism that he witnessed and experienced in childhood
Criminology · Economic Justice · Institutional racism · Leverage (statistics · Political science · Privilege (computing · Racism · Social justice · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Disaster Management and Resilience · Gender Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |