When Black Lives Matter Loses So Does the Environment

Philip Dhingra
Jul 26, 2017 · 1 min read

Isn’t it weird that if Black Lives Matter becomes unpopular, so does addressing climate change? Since the Democrats own both civil rights and environmentalism, an election year in which Democrats lose is a loss for both of these tentpole issues. Democratic insiders, such as Bernie Sanders, even suggest that Hillary Clinton lost because of her emphasis on identity politics. In this way, then, feminism has held back carbon emission guidelines, which is odd.

Since Democrats and Republicans roughly take turns occupying Congress, then…

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