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Environmental Racism – The Silent Killer

October 24, 2021

By Sunay, The New 3Rs Class of 2021 Poisoned tap water in Flint, Michigan, toxic waste dumps in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the South Bronx in NYC known as Asthma Alley from Fresh Direct toxic truck emissions. What do these things have in common? All are examples of environmental racism, a form of […]

Racism and Poverty

July 10, 2021

David, Age 13, The New 3Rs Class of 2021 There is a misconception that discrimination and poverty are unrelated. The circle of racism continues to repeat itself holding Black people in poverty. Our country’s economy was built on the backs of enslaved Blacks taken from Africa and continues to say in the history books that […]

COVID-19 and Racism

June 12, 2021

Koi, 13 and Valeska,13, TheNew3Rs Class of 2021 The Coronavirus Pandemic, which had claimed over 500,000 lives, has brought the health disparities between different races to light. Black people/ African Americans have a larger chance of catching the disease, getting hospitalized and death compared to White people. Because of lack of proper healthcare or cannot […]