{"id":3434,"date":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3434\/why-racial-justice-is-essential-to-the-climate-movement\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T05:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T05:34:38","slug":"why-racial-justice-is-essential-to-the-climate-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/why-racial-justice-is-essential-to-the-climate-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Racial Justice is Essential to the Climate Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until we reckon with our country\u2019s systemic racism, there is no justice for the climate\u2014and no saving the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the brutal racist attack on the Black community in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022, Ebony Twilley Martin, our co-Executive Director, reiterated <\/span>our commitment to ending white supremacy<\/span><\/a>. We were heartened to see the enthusiastic response from so many of our supporters as they continue to stand with us against racism, hate, and violence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, when Greenpeace USA speaks up for racial justice, it raises this question for some of our supporters:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is Greenpeace USA talking about race?\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

The answer is simple: we talk about race because <\/span>racial justice is essential to the climate movement<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our white-dominant culture perpetuates and upholds long standing, systemic inequalities that show up in the most essential, basic facets of our lives. The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the natural resources of the earth\u2014all of these have been compromised by pollution from the fossil fuel industry.<\/span>
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