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‘Green Jim Crow’ Is a Ridiculous Insult to Black Communities<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>It’s difficult to find a policy area that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/refusing-to-forgive-institutional-racism-is-not-cancel-culture">systemic racism</a> hasn’t touched in the U.S.</p> <p>Education, healthcare, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-hud-take-on-racism-in-housing">housing</a>, and even the environment are all affected by inequities that are baked into the American pie.</p> <p>And we’re at a moment where Mother Nature is upping the challenges for people—especially those with lower incomes—to live on this planet. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-ban-on-campfires-as-canada-turns-on-politicians-over-wildfires">Wildfires in Canada</a> made the air literally unbreathable in wide berths of the U.S. several different times already this summer. Sea levels are rising, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-countries-are-most-vulnerable-to-dangerous-heat-waves-this-century">extreme heat</a> is killing people, and things aren’t going to just get better on their own.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/green-jim-crow-is-a-ridiculous-insult-to-black-communities">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty

It’s difficult to find a policy area that systemic racism hasn’t touched in the U.S.

Education, healthcare, housing, and even the environment are all affected by inequities that are baked into the American pie.

And we’re at a moment where Mother Nature is upping the challenges for people—especially those with lower incomes—to live on this planet. Wildfires in Canada made the air literally unbreathable in wide berths of the U.S. several different times already this summer. Sea levels are rising, extreme heat is killing people, and things aren’t going to just get better on their own.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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