While the city goes green, it also needs to address the legacy of pollution and environmental racism that place African Americans and other people of color at risk. New policy initiatives and resources need to be directed to make the environment where African Americans live, work, play, and learn greener, healthier, and more sustainable. All of Atlanta African American students have a right to high performance green schools--not just a few affluent white students who form a minority in the district.
Concerted public-private initiatives are needed to reverse these disturbing trends. Atlanta needs a policy surge and renewed commitment to human rights, social, economic, health equity, and environmental justice. It also needs leaders who are willingness to work on and root out those barriers that create, maintain, and exacerbate racial inequality.
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