Toxic water, toxic system : environmental racism and Michigan's water war /

Toxic water, toxic system : environmental racism and Michigan's water war / Michael Mascarenhas ; [with We the People of Detroit].

"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...

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Main Author: Mascarenhas, Michael, 1963- (Author)
Corporate Author: We the People of Detroit (Organization) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Oakland, California] : University of California Press, [2024]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Water rights > Michigan > Detroit > 21st century.
Liability for water pollution damages > Michigan > Detroit > 21st century.
Water > Pollution > Law and legislation > Michigan > Detroit > 21st century.
Water-supply > Government policy > Michigan > Detroit > 21st century.
Environmental justice > Michigan > Detroit > 21st century.
Environmental justice.
Liability for water pollution damages.
Water > Pollution > Law and legislation.
Water rights.
Water-supply > Government policy.
Michigan > Detroit.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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