Warren and Booker lead candidates at environmental justice forum

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1. In a related article, Elizabeth made excellent points

about "redlining" at the same forum.

Why Elizabeth Warren Just Mentioned Redlining at a Climate Forum https://earther.gizmodo.com/why-elizabeth-warren-mentioned-redlining-at-a-climate-f-1839730917

At the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice Friday night, Senator Elizabeth Warren didn’t shy away from how the environment is directly related to other issues that people of color in the U.S. face—like housing. During her time on stage, she called out the legacy of segregation and slavery in the U.S.

More specifically, she mentioned redlining, the practice where the Federal Housing Authority discriminated against black and brown communities by deeming them risky investments. And that’s got everything to do with the environmental injustice communities face today.

“[Redlining] created a black-white wealth gap that continues even to this day because of the generational effects,” Warren said.

That’s not all redlining did. Research presented at the Annual Thoracic Society Conference earlier this year shows that redlining may be behind the disproportionate health issues communities of color face. In California, some communities with a history of redlining, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, suffer from higher asthma emergency room visits, this research found. ..

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There's a bit more at the link.

Warren doesn't hesitate to hit the nail right smack on the head.