If Only They Didn't Speak English - Race [2]
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- Created on: 22-08-22 20:45
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- Race [2]
- Flint, Michigan
- 4/10 residents live below the poverty line
- median income half of the rest of Michigan
- more than half the population is African American
- to change to a cheaper water supply, the city used water from the River Flint which was badly polluted
- class actions lawsuit - Dept of Environmental Quality did not treat the water which was against federal law
- people began to be affected by the lead in the water. causing skin and respiratory problems
- between 6,000 and 12,000 children were exposed to lead water
- April 2014 - water changed
- August 2014 - problems realised
- October 2014 - General Motors stopped using water
- January 2016 - state of emergency
- 2017 - involuntary manslaughter charges
- January 2016 - state of emergency
- October 2014 - General Motors stopped using water
- August 2014 - problems realised
- April 2014 - water changed
- between 6,000 and 12,000 children were exposed to lead water
- people began to be affected by the lead in the water. causing skin and respiratory problems
- class actions lawsuit - Dept of Environmental Quality did not treat the water which was against federal law
- #blacklivesmatter
- worse education
- more likely to be homeless, unemployed, criminal record
- all lives matter / blue lives matter
- Micah Xavier Johnson
- July 2016
- killed 5 white cops, injured 7, and 2 civilians
- army vet
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 3 cops killed
- Obama
- black president for the people
- pastor Elder James Johnson said Obama wasn't descended from slaves like others
- Flint, Michigan
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