Environmental Racism & Black Communities – Gordon Plaza
In this 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 https://gordonplaza.com/ to learn more about the history of Gordon Plaza and to support their cause by signing and sharing the petition (https://chng.it/94BHbXVqNL) to relocate residents.
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Resources:
Gordon Plaza was sold as a dream for Black home buyers. It was a toxic nightmare. by Darryl Fears
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/01/new-orleans-gordon-plaza-epa/
‘We’re just waiting to die’: the black residents living on top of a toxic landfill site by Lauren Zanolli
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/gordon-plaza-louisiana-toxic-landfill-site
The New Orleans Peoples’ Assembly
https://peoplesassemblyneworleans.org/
Listen Better by Pod Save the People with DeRay
https://crooked.com/podcast/listen-better/
Audio Clip:
Gordon Plaza, New Orleans Press Conference 1/31/2022
