Environmental racism is a topic that is rarely taken up in classrooms but is one of the most glaring examples of how Indigenous and racially oppressed land and bodies are racialized as insignificant. All of the following video clips can be used to introduce students to environmental racism, a global epidemic that is rooted in colonialism and artificial racial hierarchies. How do we, as a society, justify and ignore environmental racism? These powerful video clips can create critical understandings of how space and bodies are racialized (whose land and bodies matter) and lead to community action. Thanks to Sheelah M, Marcia M and Janice R for sharing these resources.
Some of the clips below will be shown at the March 2 STARS event (4 - 5:30 room 2060 in the College of Education, U of S). We hope you can join us!
Check out these powerful links:
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
The Gardener: Three Levels of Racism (This is a metaphor for communities that do/do not have access to resources such as water and food)
Land of Oil and Water: Aboriginal Voices on Life in the Oil SandsThe Gardener: Three Levels of Racism (This is a metaphor for communities that do/do not have access to resources such as water and food)
