Rerun: Environmental Racism & Black Communities - Gordon Plaza

In this rerun episode we discuss environmental racism and Black families. We cover Gordon Plaza, a New Orleans housing development specifically built for Black first time home buyers. The residents were not told that their dream homes were built on top of a landfill saturated with toxins harmful to their health. 

 

And we highlight the Residents of Gordon Plaza, a community organization fighting back against environmental racism and working with The New Orleans Peoples’ Assembly to demand a fully funded relocation to move off of the toxic soil where their homes were built.

 

Visit the Gordon Plaza website to get updates and learn more about this environmental injustice. 

 

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Audio Clip

Gordon Plaza, New Orleans Press Conference 1/31/2022 by Critical Visualization and Media Lab

 

Resources

Gordon Plaza was sold as a dream for Black home buyers. It was a toxic nightmare. by Darryl Fears

 

'We’re just waiting to die': the black residents living on top of a toxic landfill site by Lauren Zanolli

 

The New Orleans Peoples’ Assembly

 

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