"It's time to stop building the shopping malls,……" — Majora Carter
"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 we start building living monuments to hope and possibility."
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13 Quotes by Majora Carter
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Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees,…
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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area…
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done —…
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You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one,
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Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
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Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable
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Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that…
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We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and…
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If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see…
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I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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