Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

The project will bring at least 178 permanent jobs to a neighborhood where chronic unemployment provides a steady stream of recruits for murderous street gangs . It will replace a coal-fired power plant that spewed soot and sulfur dioxide into the neighborhood for nearly a century, and that’s been rotting away since closing in 2012. But to neighborhood activist Kim Wasserman, this e-commerce incursion into Little Village is still a prime example of environmental racism.  Full Article: https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/diesel-trucks-swarm-in-chicago-neighborhood-already-plagued-by-pollution-and-racism