Majora Carter Quotes

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• Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
• Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find…
• As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the…
• It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that…
• To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s about giving until…
• You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one,
• Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
• Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable
• Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we…
• We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
• If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.
• My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as…
• I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money…

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