How White Supremacy And Climate Change Are Inseparably Linked
Recent events underline the cataclysmic physical threats posed by the most dangerous mass ideology of our times.
Lately, we’ve all gotten a crash course in the dangers of white supremacy. The terrorist siege on the U.S. Capitol and the institutionalized enabling of insurrection to overturn a free and fair election reflects America’s long history with racism.
It feels like those dark forces are scarier than ever. It might feel like the collective craziness needed to storm the Capitol and fly the Confederate flag in the seat of our government is a new fad or confined to America.
White supremacy is a clear and present danger to America’s democracy. But it’s not new, and it’s not uniquely American.
Beyond the urgent need to safeguard our democracy, there remains another, even bigger reason to dismantle white supremacy: it is the biggest threat to the planet.
How White Supremacy And Climate Change Are Linked
I say this because white supremacy has fueled the ongoing destruction of nature that underlies humanity’s most existential threat: climate change. White supremacy is bad for many reasons, but it is dangerous…
