As a Black woman, I know that battling a white supremacist structure and working to eliminate white privilege from decisions is exhausting. The result sometimes is that communities of color are either silenced by white supremacy, a structure not meant to protect them, or by white privilege, where well-meaning individuals can offer unhelpful solutions for dire problems.
By Abre’ Conner, Truthout | Op-Ed June 8, 2016
A youth rinses his toothbrush with bottled water, getting ready for the school day in Flint, Michigan, on January 20, 2016. (Photo: Brittany Greeson / The New York Times)We are witnessing a national catastrophe: Innocent people are fighting for their lives because officials at all levels have been derelict in their duties to protect Flint, Michigan, residents from environmental harms and have deliberately silenced community voices. Could this Flint toxic water disaster occur anywhere else? Yes, and it is, even in California…
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