Content warning: This week’s newsletter features discussions of anti-Black racism and police violence. It’s a heavy time — especially so for Black folks. There’s the everyday mental and economic stress of month three of pandemic isolation, then add the brutal murder of George Floyd by police, which followed on the heels of so many other recent violent Black deaths such as Breonna Taylor (shot by police infiltrating the wrong apartment) and Ahmaud Arbery (shot while jogging by two white men). In the Toronto area, we have our own tragedies in Regis Korchinski-Paquet (who died in a 24-storey fall after police entered her apartment) and D’Andre Campbell (who was shot by police in his home after he called them for help). We have Amy Cooper, who weaponized her whiteness against Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper. Then is the fact that the pandemic disproportionately affect Black Americans, who are
Environmental racism and environmental justice
Environmental racism and environmental…
Environmental racism and environmental justice
Content warning: This week’s newsletter features discussions of anti-Black racism and police violence. It’s a heavy time — especially so for Black folks. There’s the everyday mental and economic stress of month three of pandemic isolation, then add the brutal murder of George Floyd by police, which followed on the heels of so many other recent violent Black deaths such as Breonna Taylor (shot by police infiltrating the wrong apartment) and Ahmaud Arbery (shot while jogging by two white men). In the Toronto area, we have our own tragedies in Regis Korchinski-Paquet (who died in a 24-storey fall after police entered her apartment) and D’Andre Campbell (who was shot by police in his home after he called them for help). We have Amy Cooper, who weaponized her whiteness against Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper. Then is the fact that the pandemic disproportionately affect Black Americans, who are