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 Monday, August 04, 2008

Is Climate Change Racist?

By Paul Hsieh @ 3:02 PM

Blogger LaShawn Barber skewers the latest report from the leftist Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, entitled "A Climate of Change: African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy in the U.S.".

According to the report:
African Americans are thirteen percent of the U.S. population and on average emit nearly twenty percent less greenhouse gases than non-Hispanic whites per capita. Though far less responsible for climate change, African Americans are significantly more vulnerable to its effects than non-Hispanic whites. Health, housing, economic well-being, culture, and social stability are harmed from such manifestations of climate change as storms, floods, and climate variability. African Americans are also more vulnerable to higher energy bills, unemployment, recessions caused by global energy price shocks, and a greater economic burden from military operations designed to protect the flow of oil to the U.S.
Rand Simberg notes that this is almost a real-life version of the parody New York Times headline, "World Ends: Women And Minorities Hit Hardest".

Or as Simberg notes, "I'm sure glad that this issue hasn't been politicized."

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Monday, August 4, 2008 at 14:42:55 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Grant Williams
E-mail: grant.d.williams(at)gmail.com

Couldn't that statement be countered with the following: "African Americans are thirteen percent of the U.S. population and on average create nearly twenty percent less wealth than non-Hispanic whites per capita. Though far less responsible for climate change, African Americans significantly benefit from its effects far out of proportion to their contribution to it. Health, housing, economic well-being, culture, and social stability are maintained from such manifestations of climate change. African Americans are also more vulnerable to higher energy bills, unemployment, recessions caused by lower credit ratings, fewer skills, and poor spending and savings habits; as well as receiving a greater return on investment from military operations designed to protect the flow of oil to the U.S."

I know it would be racist to suggest such a thing, but any cursory glance at welfare rolls and predominantly black neighborhoods would strongly suggest it.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 5:40:39 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: Paula Hall
E-mail: paula.hall(at)live.com
URL: http://www.msthink.com

Too bad La Shawn Barber is a Christian. She had some religious ephiphany that led her to her current status as a conservative Christian blogger (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Shawn_Barber) and her home page promotes a bunch of Christian blogs (see http://lashawnbarber.com/).

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