Climate Change, the Black Community Are on a Deadly Collision Course

So, I read this article about how climate change is disproportionately affecting the black community, and it’s honestly pretty alarming. It’s not something I had thought about before, but it makes sense when you consider how often low-income communities are hit the hardest by natural disasters and extreme weather events.

The article talks about how black people are more likely to live in areas that are vulnerable to climate-related risks, and how they also often have less access to resources to help them cope with these risks. For example, during Hurricane Katrina, black people were much more likely to be stranded without access to food, water, and medical assistance than their white counterparts.

But it’s not just about immediate disaster relief - climate change is also affecting everything from food security to air quality, and again, it’s often black communities that are hit hardest. The article mentions how black farmers are struggling to keep their crops alive in drought conditions, and how black children are more likely to suffer from asthma due to air pollution caused by nearby factories and power plants.

Reading this article was definitely eye-opening for me, and it’s left me with a sense of urgency to do something about climate change. Even though I’m not black myself, I know that we’re all in this together, and we need to take action now to ensure that everyone is able to weather the storms that are coming our way.