Collected Item: “Black Lives Matter, but Flint still doesn't have clean water”
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Black Lives Matter, but Flint still doesn't have clean water
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Twitter tweet
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I grew up in Michigan, and I still feel connected to the struggle residents in Flint face for clean drinking water, and in general the environmental health violations that get overlooked every day in the name of private interests. I saw this Tweet in my feed, and I'm not sure how to process it. Yes, Flint still doesn't have clean water and it's a problem, but for me this is another facet of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Police reform & brutality are one component, yes- but the overarching umbrella of racism and the negligence of a healthy municipal water supply are connected to that fight.
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#NoJusticeNoPease, Flint, inequality, water, health
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@heyaloelee
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2020-06-14