Environmental Racism Resources
Compiled for WE OUT: The Air We Breathe
Books:
Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States by Carl A. Zimring
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze
All We Can Save by Leah Stokes, Gina McCarthy, and Emily N. Johnston
The Wrong Complexion for Protection by Robert Bullard & Beverly Wright
The Secret Life of Plants by Stevie Wonder
Documentaries & Interviews:
Your Guide to Climate Solutions: "How to Save a Planet" host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson shares her favorite climate change conversations.
How to Let Go of the World and Love all the things climate can’t Change
Dina Gilio-Whitaker: Environmental Justice & Indigenous Resistance
The Wisdom to Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism, and Community
Articles:
Food Sovereignty, Justice, and Indigenous Peoples by Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte
Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice
How and why systemic racism harms the environment by Thin Lei Win
What is environmental racism? by Peter Beech
Unequal Impact: The Deep Links Between Racism and Climate Change by Beth Gardiner
Climate Change Was on the Ballot With Jimmy Carter in 1980—Though No One Knew It at the Time by Jonathan Alter
A Just Transition is About Possibility by TakeAction MN Member Halley
The Climate Debt the U.S. Owes the World by Bill McKibben