Majora Carter quotes

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility, which I do. (Majora Carter)
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects. View quote
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities. View quote
Majora Carter
To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts. View quote
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You know, I personally think that gentrification happens long before you start seeing white people in formerly people-of-color neighborhoods. It starts happening when we start telling the young, hard-working, quote-unquote "smart" kids that they need to measure success by how far they get away from our communities. View quote
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world. View quote
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect. View quote
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Just because you have a piece of trash and you throw it away and it gets hauled away, it doesn't mean that it's not affecting someone else. View quote
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We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that. View quote
Majora Carter