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.
Majora CarterTo me, charity often is just about giving, because youโre supposed to, or because itโs what youโve always done โ or itโs about giving until it hurts.
Majora CarterEnvironmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
Majora CarterWe want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way.
Majora CarterAs 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