“I consider myself an anti-racist environmentalist”
interview with Ana Sanches on black activism, environmental racism, and the reinvention of the fight for climate justice in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.47284/cdc.v25iesp2.20771Keywords:
Environmental racism, Climate justice, Black activism, IntersectionalityAbstract
The interview with Ana Sanches highlights the intersection between black activism, environmental racism, and climate justice in Brazil. She emphasizes that environmental racism is an expression of structural racism, manifesting itself in the disproportionate environmental and climate impacts on black, indigenous, and peripheral populations. The interviewee also discusses the importance of including racialized voices in decision-making spaces and the need for public policies that integrate climate justice and anti-racism. Finally, she highlights the role of black youth in reinventing the environmental struggle and the importance of rest as a political act of resistance.
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