Toxic Water, Toxic System : : Environmental Racism and Michigan's Water war
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Thirsty for environmental justice -- In the service of white privilege -- Flint : the anvil of democracy -- Building the Karegnondi -- Foundation colonialism -- Emergency (as a paradigm of) management -- Waged war -- Environments of injustice -- The water is off -- Detroit water shutoffs -- Shutoff and shut-out -- We charge genocide.
"This book makes explicit the racial, ethnic, and gendered forms of environmental injustice that culminate from the collective, intersecting, and multi-scaler consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost, including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
[Oakland, California] : University of California Press, [2024]
Year Published: 2024
Description: xxiii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780520343863
0520343867
9780520343870
0520343875
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
We the People of Detroit (Organization),
SUBJECTS
Water rights -- Detroit -- 21st century.
Liability for water pollution damages -- Detroit -- 21st century.
Water -- Law and legislation -- Detroit -- 21st century.
Water-supply -- Government policy -- Detroit -- 21st century.
Environmental justice -- Detroit -- 21st century.
Environmental justice.
Liability for water pollution damages.
Water -- Law and legislation.
Water rights.
Water-supply -- Government policy.
Michigan -- Detroit.