One reason why coronavirus hits Black people the hardest
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2020
- Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus.
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Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities - there’s one possible reason that’s been lurking in the air for decades: pollution.
The long history of segregation and housing discrimination has long put black people at greater risk of living near chemical plants, factories and highways, exposing them to higher levels of air pollutants. These pollutants have had a chronically negative impact on health, leading to conditions like hypertension and asthma. Now, those same diseases are associated with severe cases of Covid-19, and showing that where you live can determine whether you survive from Covid-19.
Read the full study on air pollution exposure and Covid-19 mortality: projects.iq.harvard.edu/covid-pm
Read the study on historic redlining and emergency room visits due to asthma: www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
Read the study on Disparities in Distribution of Particulate Matter Emission Sources by Race and Poverty Status: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
To learn more about the experiences of residents in St. John the Baptist Parish, check out the Concerned Citizens of St. John website: www.ccosj.com/
To learn more about some of the air pollution risks in the Midwest, check out the Environmental Law & Policy Center: elpc.org/. They also run an air monitoring site for Chicago that highlights some of these disparities: airqualitychicago.org/
Read more about Cancer Alley from ProPublica/ The Times-Picayune and The Advocate: www.nola.com/news/environment...
projects.propublica.org/louis...
And The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
A lot of our data comes from the National Air Toxics Assessment Cancer Risk map, which you can check out through the EPA: ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/
The Covid Tracking Project also regularly compiles Covid-19 data on race: covidtracking.com/race
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that is exactly what I'm doing right now.
..are you spying on me? that’s what i did.
Yes
Me
maybe...
Don’t forget the Navajo nation has the highest infection rates in the WHOLE country..
Native Americans still getting disrespected to this day. Hate to see it.
The media acts like they don’t even exist, its sad.
Mines are located where the ore is found. Mines are not located next to native reservations because that is convenient or racist. Some native communities happen to be close to ore bodies. Coincidence, not planned.
How do u pronounce Navajo? Is it Yo or Jo?
Source? Not denying you, just want a source.
It's not just the air, it's also the water people drink and the dirt little kids play in. Air pollution eventually falls with the rain into the earth and open water.
Christa L this can also include livestock and food if they are in surrounding areas. This also affects the ecosystems in the area, and any potential water sources. Underground sources as well. It’s just all around horrible. These plants also release tons of chemicals into the air, which in turn create holes in the ozone. This can cause skin cancer, global warming/climate change, and many other problems. This is so problematic for poorer communities because they are often hit the hardest, or can’t easily fix a problem with the resources at hand.
Scary!
Honestly, I give up on counting on much of the politicians to make much change about pollution in a lot of places around the world. I say it’s best to focus what we can do ourselves besides just voting for what we think best and encouraging others by sharing our insights. I managed to easily find articles like “How to Help the Environment,” “Things You Can Recycle,” “How to Save Water,” “How to Start Your Own Garden,” and so on easily online. I doubt it’d make as much of a difference if someone in a greater amount of power around this does something, but I think it’ll do much more than expecting a miracle can happen that all the effort is placed into convincing politicians to change.
There are areas in Phoenix you NEVER let your kids play in the dirt! Most actually.
Shut up
I've lived in cancer alley (St. Charles Parish) for the past 15 years, and I can say that I do smell weird smells in the air sometimes. No one in my area is talking about it though. We have low coronavirus cases thankfully, though. If anyone is going to say this is because of a lack of testing, thankfully, our parish has been very ahead of the game with COVID. We have had testing sites where anyone can get tested since almost the beginning of the pandemic. You just show up and they test you. I was tested and was very impressed with my parish.
Good for you!
That's smart.
yo, my dude, please move tf out
Good luck out there!
Luck for me since I'm in Cambodia
When people say 'don't politicise Covid-19' - it was politicised and racialised before it even begun.
Ben O'Donovan-Iland why people would even say that ? A pandemic is a political matter no matter what, because the state has to choose between the population welfare and the economy.
@@thomasclerc5690 State governors have to chose between people's health or the economy. If people want to work they can always get a essential worker.
I wonder though how big a contributor this is as we've the same disproportionate effect on black people in the UK where comunities aren't segregatred quite as much as the US...
How was it racialised before it began?
Isaac Wilcox ya cant say china virus or wuhan virus cause thats “racist”
Same government that puts abortion clinics throughout minority communities now deserves your trust that it will preserve your life and look out for your interests. Syke! 🤣
A few years back there were more black baby's aborted than were allowed to live in NY. Couldn't be planned parenthood ... promotion of killing of blacks no.. surely not.
@@Deep.Purple the actual effect is that one out of every three black people in America is dead from abortion. Abortion is the real systemic racism
@@Deep.Purple All of their other policies vastly disproportionately disparage the black race too. How about open borders? Black people are now the second minority in America from first? Did that empower the black community? Far from it.
facts, and people still wear the blinders with pride
@@sssssnake222 the sad thing is the left encourages illegal immigrants, who come here and live off tax money for years, to have babies yet instead of helping and uplifting a black woman they tell them "nah, go ahead and abort. You're oppressed, you can't take care of it". Imagine what the population would be if the left ACTUALLY cared about black people and helped the way they act like they do..
According to the CDC ", less than 6% of all covid related deaths had ONLY covid. The other 94% had an average of 4.0 additional conditions or CAUSES per death." Now, based on that CDC statement and the known statistics of cases vs deaths, a little high school math shows that those with ONLY covid have a 99.89% survival rate, and those with an average of 4.0 other serious health conditions STILL have a 98.31% survival rate.
Yep, keep preaching
Be careful love, they don't like it when you use common sense and tell truths. Dangerous territory.
2 years has passed and our family still waiting for COVID-19 (now covid-21) to bring us down to ICU. That's being said, don't ignore your health either, virus only care who has weak immune, cardiopulmonary system.
A known youtuber Bashurverse was young and seemingly had a decent immune system and didn't have any known pre-existing condition and yet he still passed away, is it still only a 99.99999% chance for those serious health condition that you guys keep touting stats with? where did you even get these CDC statistics anyway? if you even did find real statistics.
@@SuperJackman117 Sometimes youtube blocks comments with links so simply google "Weekly Updates by Select Demographic and Geographic Characteristics" and the CDC page will be the first link on google. When you go to the CDC page, scroll down to Topic 4 and read the statement by the CDC.
As to your comment, there are always cases of people having extreme reactions to things most people do not. The fact is, those are the vast minority of cases and the CDC statistics prove that as a fact.
i won't refrain from stating how impressed i am with the graphics in this presentation. it's incredibly detailed and complements the material very well.
Johnny NiteTrain only in that regard
@@ChetsyWetsy not only in that regard
Thanos nah
Simp
@@slyfox4564 😈
Wait, there's an old cemetary in the middle of a chemical plant?! Daheck...
It was there before the factory and they left it intact
Yes I worked there. There're actually 2 cemeteries.
are you worried they might get asthma or something.
YUP
@P-Impmon nah, they would just be bones by now.
Racial inequality simply reflects the absence of social mobility. Born poor stays poor. What else would you expect from a country where education costs a fortune. And then these people have no access to healthcare (prevention, MRI, CT) - so we get what we get. Air pollution is only a small part of the story.
Hold up, is your name Артём or Artem?
It really is systemic
@@warrcoww6717 I'd think it would have to be Artem, since the English variant would be Artyom.
@John T Your racism is showing...
Intelligence isn't measured by your level of education. You would know that if you were well educated so I have to assume that's why you made such an ignorant comment.
You may also be suffering from insufficient and subpar education just like the people you call "blks"
You should go read yourself, I would recommend the many scholar studies done on the correlations between the amount of funding a school receives and the success of its students on average. 🙄
Great answer. Racism isn’t the root cause, just a side affect. Treat the poverty and you’d see inequality begin to disappear.
I live here and work in one of those refinery's, I pray I can stay healthy enough and not have any issues.
In 2011 China released a document mentioning development of pathogens that could be targeted at specific ethnic groups. They stopped talking about it in the next report.
They were onto something we need to exploit here….
@@mikehawk120 Maybe it's already being exploited.
And I would assume that would be a positive thing.
@@mikehawk120 Not in my opinion; I would consider it an act of war and a violation of international law regarding the use of biological weapons.
True, I can agree with that as well.
And this is one reason why we need to use clean energy.
Eventually, yeah. But more importantly, the people need to get representation and the power to sue these companies, to give them an incentive to either develop cleaner manufacturing methods, or move out and seek different lands to pollute.
Nuclear energy for life
Such as? Renewable sources are not clean. Just not going to run out some day. Don't confuse "sustainable" with "clean". They are not the same thing.
Isnt one of the pollutants a plastic manufacturing plant? How are we going to do that clean
Francois Tombe ,solar, wind, hydro.
Edit: soon there will be fusion as well.
*several people are typing*
also contrapoints had a video on the subject. Not directly public health, but more in the vein of crime
@@tirobo Contrapoints, huh?
You're automatically cancelled for referencing them, lol
@@rosebud4467 Why?
Indigo Sparkle y tho?
Literally the more research and digging we do the more it's exposed how black people have been and continue to be treat poorly. These are deliberate actions to harm black people. Im always stunned by the evil in these situations.
South Africa is case example all planned black residencies during Apartheid were place strategical, where industrial polluted air, mine dumps, acid water, sink holes happens, one common denominator!
Yep ....fertil land still on hands of whites
mashallah
Zimbabwe got rid of it's whites and tanked it's economy. Went from being a food exporter to a food importer. Now they want the whites back. (Not going to happen). South Africa now doing something similar and trending towards the same outcome. Government says it is considering prohibiting whites from leaving. Hmmm what does that say?
@@francoistombe hey what's your point ... I think you just another racist who needs a ticket to Europe
Francois Tombe "that's not racist! We cant be racist to whites"
South Africa killing whites wont fix their problem if they don't learn how to freakin manage their land
As a lifetime Baton Rouge resident most of my family has asthma and heart problems and live much longer when they move out the state
i dont want coronavirus
its there all conavirus
momment ago i was see the conavirus so o im scared of the breaking neaws sound for i call my freind from ross jarel vin vin butwhy im there to them and soda and bruger from waist from THIS place FOR the first time in i wake up at 6 o:clock
Too much fried food.
Water is racist.
i guess vox is just trying to simplify this, but treating “PM2.5” as just another carcinogenic particle in air is incorrect. it just refers to any particles smaller than 2.5microns in diameter.
YUP, GOT ME MIFFED AS WELL, NOT TO BE NITPICKY BUT THAT'S HOW CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE BORN
Hahahaha Lol exactly
I just came searching for this in comments because hearing this factual inaccuracy really put me off. Vox should know better than this.
thanks for clarification
@@VinnieFarsheds Yeah, strange how much research they did for the rest of the video, but misunderstood that part. That actually makes the video make a lot more sense. PM2.5 sounded really familiar I realize I saw that when I trying figure out how N95 masks work.
Guess what, in another 100 years, this probably will not change.
@Moonshine Buck We will
Yes it will because we'll all be dead. Don't think the planet will last another last 100 years with the current rate of pollution.
@@MinenArbeiterLP I thought 50% of the insect population is already lost... It happened in 50 years after industrialization. We might not be here in the next 50 years... Without the ecosystem. We're doomed.
@@SkyeAten Well, the planet will last. Humanity not s likely.
Thank you for sharing this information! I knew it was bad, but I didn’t realize how bad these particular areas were. This is maddening! So much needs to change!
Im here before the comments turns into a warzone
I think it already is
Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?
@@hyphenated-name881 Can you shut up
@@moonlitm3285 i mean he is asking a good question
@@genericfilmmaker6339 He keeps posting the same question over and over again, but it seems like he's deleted a lot of them.
People are already disliking because of the title. Watch the video first and then judge.
can you explain what is wrong with the title? i really dont get it, everyone is commenting about it. Also i think they should have listed more reasons for blach communities getting more cases. I am quite interested if it comes down to behaviour or even culture
@@rainingman338 people think it's wrong because the title address US Cancer Alley residents as "black people".
@@michaelliu8310 does the world majority of black people live near the Cancer Alley? I don't think so.
@@brilianfustsakib9793 They gave an example and then generalized the conclusions drawn from that example to explain a larger trend.
@@brilianfustsakib9793 went would they need to specify? It's AN American channel? Lol black in America generally refers to African Americans, everyone knows who it's about
Health Care Is a Human Right - Just leaving this here
Americans: "no it's communism"
i mean the US has a pretty decent healthcare for people that make under a certain amount from my experience. when i turned 18 and couldnt be under my parents medical anymore i applied for free healthcare and had it until recently when i started making over the minimum. it mostly covered generic prescriptions but others were still cheap and my checkups and whatnot were all free. but hey i doubt you even know that exists or have/pay for your own medical insurance to even understand how it works.
you are entitled to your
opinion
Everyone but America knows this
Gottenburg u don’t know anything about islam, do you?
Here in Africa different. We're good right here.
Sure you are bud, African doesn't pollute at all
Last time I was this early, Corona was still a beer.
it is still a beer.
hands down best comment in here😆
Last time I was this early,this comment wasn't Stolen.
Only a privileged little white boy makes a joke like this on a vegan regarding serious topics.
@@VeganDefinition yeesh it's just a silly joke racist
I live in Louisiana and didn't know alot of what was in this video. Thank you for exposing this.
Vertia the Green gg
it's well known, even smithsonian has a report about this in their Aerial America series
Where is the church in the black communities??????
I guess pastors just want their money on Sunday
lot of articles on it
Really? How can you miss a giant Chemical or Petroleum plant?
Are you really that much of a naive shut in to the point that you don’t know what types of industries are in the area where you live?
For the POC living in those areas will you still continue to live in those areas or even worst continue to raise children in those areas?
My guess is for a large majority of the people living in those areas is that they will still not take responsibility for the risks they voluntarily take and for their own decision about where they live or work.
My suggestion for any kids currently being raised in those areas ,sue your parents for them raising you in a toxic environment.
A cemetary next to a chemical plant? Sounds like a recipe for zombies. I swear, we're already dealing with the coronavirus, a zombie virus better not happen.
i agree
just look at the movies night of the living dead the zombies were created by hazardous waste liquid if i remember correctly
I see zombie with masks
They don’t even know they’re zombies
@@bradleydare8669 like in a mandated jab??
Asking for a friend
The laws that enforced racism are gone
but the scars they made can still be felt today
The only racism I see these days is towards white people.
The laws that enforced racism might be gone but the laws that support it sadly are not.
@@tamarawynne424 give an example
wweweqws I’ll give you a few. Weed is still illegal federally. Some prison systems are still private. Prison systems in general. Gerrymandering. Federal minimum wage. Loan sharks are still legally aloud to operate. Here’s a more historical example; the creation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment which still led to the civil rights movement. Not only were blacks not free under the law at some point, but bridging this gap still didn’t solve a huge problem that they faced and still face today. This in turn led to the activism seen in the civil rights movement. Equal under the law doesn’t mean equal. The reduction of racism in the US doesn’t mean many blacks aren’t oppressed by laws that were enacted before they were born, or scars left in a time they didn’t know. Another law is the funding and legalization/modern militarization of police forces in the US. Another one is healthcare. Another is the heartbeat law. Another is college scholarships/sports that don’t pay college athletes. A pretty big way to exploit communities without paying them back. I mean I could go on, but I think you get the gist of things. That isn’t even going over the rampart affects of poverty and crime created by segregation and economic suppression that are still seen today.
what is the law that enforces racism? can you enlighten me?
Here before comments are disabled
Don't think vox disables comments
they just change their video titles
No need, the message was clear "White people causes Corona in blacks" i get it!
They don't because Vox is very confident that they are right (as to whether they are or not, I will never answer it because I know how much flame is going to be created).
Vox doesn’t EVER remove their comments. Not that I see. Plus they are all scientific and educational and political videos. RUclips and COPPA won’t auto turn off their comments.
Karen be like: bEcAuSe oF 5G
I mean, tbh I don’t like 5G much...
I love alvvays too
You say that and I’ll bet you 1000$ you havnt looked up anything about 5G, and yes it does cause cancer.
@@castielisanangel6869 It doesn't.
@@castielisanangel6869 No there is still no evidence.... can we have the 1000$ now?
“BlAcK PeeoPle bE GettIN Mo SIcK” yeah i dont think so
I'm about to start a shrimpin' boat businesses.
Lol
If you get a shrimp boat ,
I'll be your 1st mate 🤗🤗🤗
Count me in bruuddudududu
Okay, Bubba.
DangerDave shrimp it man while on a boat with corona in hand and let the wave rock and roll the boat under the sun 🌞😉🌹
I don’t understand why people are saying Vox is racist when they’re using facts and data which you cannot dispute
Sure you can and you should. You can dispute the way the data were collected or how they are interpreted. Those things are up to debate. It is the same thing as when racists use crime and IQ statistics. Don't hold science on a indisputable pedestal because it is the flawed humans that conduct it.
Tibor Stökl however here the statistics shown are census data and showing where people live. which if you want to dispute you can but from the us government they’re fairly accurate
@@bencunningham-walker493 why did they choose this as their one reason black people are dying more from this virus? There's at least 3 very solid explanations for it if you include this reason they gave, this one being the one that most relates to racial treatment through history & that being where they focused the story. It's factual & interesting yes, but it is still telling a story it wants to tell & that happens to be how whites have caused blacks to be dying today.
It would be just as accurate to do a story on how black skin absorbs less vitamin d & the impact vitamin D deficiency has on lung infections & death from them for example
@@lilaclizard4504 i understand it is a bit of a far fetched explanation and it is very specific. i think it would be better if Vox was to call the video something like how persecution has lead to more deaths from corona. or something along those lines
@@bencunningham-walker493 I don't have a problem with their video, or it's title, I'm just pointing out a valid reason as to why some people will say they're being racist to tell this story. Need to put it in context too, this is very typical of the type of stories they do. Again I'm not criticising, I find it interesting, but I can certainly see why some people would say "racist" in response to it
I’ve worked in these plants, contractors will throw you into benzene areas like it’s nothing
Big oil execs should have to live near their oil plants.
Nothing wrong about the title. It is objectively true that black people have been hit harder by the pandemic. The video offers a reason why supported by evidence.
A possible reason, but not THE reason.
@@neoasura it says "one reason" not "the reason"
@Archnid 001 I believe you're saying that regardless of reason pointing out that black people are hit harder by the virus makes them more likely to be targeted. While your point is valid, what else are we supposed to do? The issue in the video is important and needs to be addressed, how else could we solve the problem?
This is a geography issue not a race issue. Of course the leadership isn’t going to do anything about it because the citizens don’t have any real power or resources this is about poor vs rich.
Nala Jax this is so silly. Geography, but the US has forced black people into the harshest environments in the nation. Poor vs rich, but the US has done everything in its power to make sure black people are poorer. Those things are tools for systemic racism. Of course this is a race issue.
T. Madeleine Thomas I am not denying that there is systemic racism BUT THIS VIDEO shows geographical issues not racism. There are many poor black people that don’t live in “harsh environments” just because you’re black and poor that doesn’t mean that you automatically have to live somewhere that is heavily polluted. No ones putting a gun to poor black peoples heads and saying “GO LIVE NEXT TO THIS FACTORY” that’s not happening.
Lei P it’s about the equality of opportunity my dude. Sure some black people are rich and some white people are poor. You’re not wrong lol. The likely hood of you being rich based off of your race is the problematic part. The fact that you’re more likely to be rich as a white person then a black person. The fact that your more likely to have health problems, go to prison, and be poor as a black person. You can’t just single out some rich and poor people and then call it a day.
Nala Jax yeah this video shows geographic issues that align with historical racism. Why do you think the factories moved to those areas? Why do you think those areas where more favorable to move into? The history of red lining and housing discrimination might help you out here. The video is also supporting the idea that black people are getting more heavily affected by covid. This video isn’t about geography to begin with, so it shouldn’t be talking solely about geography. It’s Pretty simple. It’s talking about the health affects black people face, and why that supports the data that is being shown right now. So not only is this very much about black people and geography, but it also shows that a huge factor of geography and housing in the United States is still very much based on race. I can explain further if you want me to.
It’s ALWAYS somebody else’s fault. Always
the blame game never ends. if only we could fix the problem by ourselves...
this virus doesnt care about skin color in the least. those hardest hit tend to be those in urban areas with high volumes of people. i and my wife both had the virus. mine was like a bad cold and she showed no symptoms. it all depends on your bodies health.
@Kelpy cx all of what you said i agree with. that being said none of it has to do with skin color. in fact you just repeated exactly what i said. maybe you should bring your reading comprehension with you next time.
That title is sending me mixed signals
It sent me one signal because I understand English and the use of common idioms within the language. What's the other signal that you guys are picking up, since my "radar" is tuned for normal discourse?
you sound like youre about to cry
Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?
@@hyphenated-name881 No
@@hyphenated-name881 in these times no
One county in Ohio even declared racism a health risk a few days ago.
Yes, for real. For these exact reasons.
@@mcloathin3354 No. First of all, white people can't experience racism. Secondly, while that event is quite tragic, it is the fault of the company, and not the state. The reason black people and other minorities getting sick is racist is because due to America's past of racism , they have been forced into these areas where they are exposed to harmful substances, thus them becoming ill.
@@dylanwaldegar3259 hold up, white people can experience racism, maybe not in this situation, but in general we can.
@@tarrahforcier477 Not really. There's not many places where we have been, where we have not been the oppressor at one point in time. Racism is systematic, and when the system was built by us, it's going to harm us the least. Although, that doesn't mean we can't experience judgement or scrutiny ( even though most times we deserve it).
You’re ridiculous. Go home.
@starlight_93 Racism is SYSTEMATIC by DEFINITION. You can literally Google it
8:08 Remember when Trump asked African-Americans "What have you got to lose" by voting for him?
Turns out, it would be their own lives.
Stealing comment, good one
Remember when Joe Biden said “If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black?” Turns out Democrat’s still think they own Blacks.
And freaking health care and quality and actually diverse school
Schools
Oh so Trump made these people sick! 😂
🤦🏽♂️ scam of the century
Biggest scam of all time
Whats the scam
lapatron555 lol this guy
Laughs in delhi
Why the laugh?
Delhi is the most polluted city in the world that’s why the laugh
chuckles in Beijing
Delhi surpassed beijing in pollution a while ago
nobody supects the Chernobyl radiation
I live here. I'm stuck here. These plants/refineries and contractors pay so well there's nothing else I can go do and make the money I'm making here.
it's shocking how calm they talk about "cancer alley" and that it there is 50x the change to get cancer and that there is nothing that somebody does about it. That the goverment doesn't do something, i don't get that
The term "sacrifice zones" says it all.
You do realize in real world the factories have to be somewhere
Niraj Singh yeah but factories doesn’t have to emit so much they can put filters so people nearby doesn’t get cancer.
No surprise. The more money you have the healthier, safer place you get to live.
A person with no money in the world can walk away from anything.
This video reminds me of movie "Dark Waters" (2019). The movie is based on true story about how pollution affect people's life
thanks for this
Yeah, great movie!
It's a great movie! There's also "The Devil We Know" on Netflix, a documentary that dives into some of the finer details on this horrible story.
Could’ve mentioned the name of the area or location but nooooo... it had to be *BLACK PEOPLE* .
Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?
they love to race bait, don't they?
You LIARS better REPENT!! For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36
Arrogant creature,s your deaths shall be instantaneous while we shall suffer the progress of infinitude. - Gravemind
Oprah had that "I like to move it move it" dress on
This video reminds me of the “dark winter trailer” for the divison
Being black and born in the U.S. seems to be an early death sentence
@Tom Guadalupe how did you think they got there?
@Alisa Hendels yes, "YOU" do have a choice! You're choosing to live in America! You dont have to.
@Billionaire# Vision Why are you entitled to the land. Why do you think you have more rights than other Americans.
@Tom Guadalupe thats hella racist
@@olivermoloneydaly9069 but its true thou ,in africa people have higher mortality rate than america
Grew up in cancer alley and we had a small family business in St. John the Baptist parish for over 17 years. Laplace is a poor area with not much resources or funding from big oil around the area. Money moves through the area, but doesn’t stay to help. I didn’t realize it when I was younger, but really sad now thinking about it.
When your county is one of the counties on that bar graph in the beginning of the video -_-
That final shot, the cemetery on the plant grounds, is a powerful one.
Look Vox, it's getting really difficult to pretend that racism is over when you keep pointing out structural inequalities, both current and historic!
Ty
Vox never said racism is over.
Man you guys are really obsessed with race. OBSESSED
I will judge the content of your comment once I know the color of your skin? Collectivism divides it does not unite.
Humans are the worst thing that has ever happened to humans
Everyone reading this comment, I hope you’re doing ok. Stay safe out there. Good luck.
You too mate
You as well 💞
You too soldier :)
you too thx
I'm sorry for every life loss to the community. God bless you. I have no other words other Than disappointing and anger.
"god bless you" is a major cause of continuing outbreaks, given that religious gatherings are exempt from quarantine in many southern states. It's interesting how this video conveniently ignored that very simple fact.
This pandemic must cause change to the US
This is so messed up...
Yall never mention 13/50, but we will.
Short answer: poverty
@Stephanie Kim Also doesn't help that the toxic plants moved into these communities without informing residents of the dangers
Another short answer - religious gatherings.
Its genetics,its explain the crime rate too
*ONE of the answers. When you are African American, money hardly matters.
@Prevailing Right Work hard isn't enough when there's systemic discrimination against you. Your simple logic applies to the privilege.
Wonderful analysis, trying redlining to air pollution. Thanks for featuring Dr Bullard
To me it makes sense to put poor neighborhoods near the factories because those who live in the poor neighborhoods are going to go work in the factories.
Jason Pearson those people don’t often get those jobs as was said in the video. I would also assume that most of residents would want the choice of specific (usually low paying) wages or cancer. Poor people are almost always hit the hardest by environmental conditions. I wish it was helpful, but it’s just greed and American history.
@@jasonpearson4485 It makes more sense not to put them in neighbourhoods at all. Throw your factories into the country.
Very poor analysis. ER visits are often because of people who choose not to get health insurance, so they aren't necessarily an indicator of more problems. But notice they don't do the full analysis.
Please report on how the data shows the minority hit hardest were disabled people and yet the press has ignored that.
This was a great explainer, please keep sharing content like this!
2:20 woah, look at the legend. What kind of distribution is that????
Probably a relatively normal one for predominantly black neighbourhoods?
Good eye . With that kind of distribution you’re always going to find black people everywhere.
@@pauloketch4635 I don't get it. What's the problem?
But here in Delhi where air is extremely toxic we have a much lower death rate than the global average. I don't think this 'reason' is very well researched.
That's unscientific
I think Delhi air pollution is different from this petrochemical air pollution
Delhi isn’t a hotspot for coronavirus. Besides, this is about ONE of the reasons- many other factors come to play. But to pretend that the poor living environments black people are forced to live in in the US doesn’t play a huge role, especially in NOLA, in the declining health of black people (especially in comparison to their white counterparts) would be silly.
You also need to take into account who is being tested, how many tests have been completed, and how the authorities report deaths. For example, the UK is not reporting Covid-19 deaths that happen outside of a hospital. The cases and deaths in Delhi will be considerably higher than we are aware of.
Louisiana is only one tiny area of America. This is not the "reason Covid is affecting blacks disproportionately".
baton rouge born and raised and this is sadly accurate
Wow eye opening. The US needs proper health care for these communities. This is so sad. Pollution also needs to stop. Pollution can be just as deadly as coronavirus. Man the world is in shambles right now.
8:38 This image make me wanna quit chemical engineering degree......
Dont quit. Just make it safer
Don't. Instead try to come up with ways to contain chemicals better, convert them into harmless materials or avoid producing them altogether by coming up with alternative materials and/or production methods. This image is why you should continue studying.
Exactly what these people said!
Don't do that because if these
There are pros and can be everywhere
@@AustinGDesigns Most people who use it are, though.
They used Louisiana as the case study for the video and say PM2.5 is main factor but then the study listed them as one of the states with less counties with severe PM2.5.
bravo .. im european and im cryin because of theese things .. lets try to improve
Why the state government haven’t done anything
Cause.... money?
Everyone knows if you got enough dough anything is legal.
because they are the biggest tax contributor to Louisiana. In fact, Exxon Mobil plant is in front of their state capitol building.
$$$$$$
The state created this. The legislature is making money off of big oil.
Because they're poor and Black.
So this is why there's so many factories in my neighborhood:(
and thats why there are so many jobs
@@bugspa5563 and thats why theres so much pollution
@@bugspa5563 But the jobs don't go to the poor.
Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. is one of the few law firms in the country reviewing and representing people with COVID-19 vaccine injury cases.
They can review all they want, however, the pharmaceutical companies will not be held liable.
The question is, where do we start to fix these issues.
Voting out Republicans is a start.
Vote along the ballot for politicians who care about environmental issues!
this video would have been helpful yesterday when I was writing my anthro essay on why COVID-19 disproportionately affects black people :(
@You Mad? Oh, thank you Dr. MacStuffup
@You Mad? Nothing else?
- Many African-Americans from impoverished areas in the US are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to live within overcrowded accommodations.
-Many African-Americans are considered essential service workers, which puts them directly in the line of Covid-19's fire.
-Covid-19 has also affected low income families, and "low income" disproportionately means "black" or "brown" in the US.
-African-Americans are more likely to have underlying health conditions associated with fatality.
-The spread of misinformation and rumours that claim that people of African descent are immune to the virus.
@You Mad? Maybe you should educate yourself on why everybody, irrespective of skin colour, is in need of way more vitamin D.
Increasing the flow from the tap is only one way of keeping a leaky sink full.
Idk for u bout as a foreigner i assumed that the reason for this is redlining
Travel 4k hmm i take that as a win in both scenario
👀 me waiting for the controversy due to the title
How is it controversial? I’m genuinely confused can someone please explain...
Asher Jackson they change it all the time
@@asherjackson4504 the right wing trolls think its controversial. Thats all u need to know that there is no logic to it.
There’s no controversy to be had, it’s just the sad hard truth and it’s the subject of the video.. if, after watching it, you don’t think Black communities are unequally falling victim to diseases such as covid, then I don’t know what you were paying attention to during the explanation...
Stop starting pointless drama and say what you want to say if you have anything to say
AVE all they showed were mines ands factories that pollute. There are thousands of factories in the us and they showed two with a majority black population and said “yep that’s racist”
As someone who lives in Louisiana, and specifically in Baton Rouge, I applaud this video!!!
This is a terrible truth. Not just of the chemical plants, but also of the racial inequality.
I live in this state, and I first heard about this in 2019 on the CBS news.
To the 1% of the people reading this, have a good day!
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tao lai I hope you mean it and not just do it for some likes
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Reserve St. John the Baptist parish is my hometown. I grew up there. My mom died of cancer. My aunt and uncle died of cancer. Remember always hearing of neighbors getting cancer. My parents always called it the big C word . Almost as if saying the word was a curse in itself.
My growing up was along the river road between reserve and lutcher. Which was where most my family and cousins were located. St John and St James Parish. Nothing but chemical plants along the river road. Everyone had at least a couple of family members that have passed with cancer. All you have to do is ask.
You must be black then, following the logic of this ridiculous video.
These large filthy rich corporations should pay the expense to relocate all of these residents to a safer place to live.
I’m just saying if I called my friends African American they would laugh at me. Black is the word they prefer and to be specified as...
Just your Friends.
they just feel more comfortable with u calling them black
only pandering racist white liberals call blacks African amercans
tell that to the black guy who called me racist for saying "black" and not African American. i had to beat my non racist believes into him... it was self defense. i swear
Ike Black the black guy must be on something cs black ppl like to be called black than african american
This seems more like a class issue instead of a race issue
What about house parties and street fights?
Industry that has increased the death rate of their surrounding area are responsible for that, and need to be held accountable financially. They deserve to be
Why do these factories have to be so close to habitable areas? The US has tons of empty farmland.
If people are interested in this topic, you should read Petrochemical America by Kate Orff! Its an incredible deep dive into this subject using photography and Landscape Architecture.
How are these chemical companies not regulated? Shouldn't there be a safe way to get rid of waste without unleashing it into the river or the air?
Correlation does not equal causation
I'm going to sit back and enjoy the comments with a title so charged as this one.
Roger Stefan ehhh they’re pretty much all in agreement. You see dah facts and it’s hard to complain...
This is a very insightful and informative video.
What might be more useful would be to have some kind of follow up as to what people can do to stop this?
They are here to inform use about issues it's not really their job to come up with solutions, that's more for the government.
No surprise.
New Orleans has been a heavy metal, chemical cesspool for decades.
Certainly a lot of factors cause coronavirus inequalities, however I'm beginning to believe vitamin d deficiency is the largest factor. Those of color have greater prevalence vitamin d deficiency. We're starting to get studies trickling in that suggest vitamin d levels have a major impact in covid outcomes.
Yup, it definitely ain’t the cancer lol. It ain’t the adverse health problems. It ain’t the lung problems. It’s vitamin d. Ok champ.
This is a genuine question I'd like to ask to a professional : The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Louisiana is around 0-50 for most parts and goes max to 67 in certain areas... which is comparatively good if you know the chart ...Whereas a city in India name Delhi had a record breaking 999 value somewhere during a festival. To all those who are not aware ( Just above 100 is considered to be hazardous ) Now is there any connection between the cancer valley and the AQI ? Or AQI doesn't play much of an important role in detecting the cancer particles or other forms of pollution affecting health ?
Exactly! Currently, even during a national lockdown it rarely dipped below 50.
I'm not an expert at all but the contaminants measured by AQI are ground-level ozone
,
particle pollution (PM2.5 and PM10)
, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. This doesn't include the carcinogens from petrochemical plants. The contaminants measured by the AQI may cause any number of respiratory/cardiovascular diseases, but probably not cancer.
@@graciclecastle thank you grace
Not an expert. Also to add on what has been said, the petrochemical industry most likely pollutes the water and soil in the area as well. The carcinogens from the plant find a way to enter the body through food and water too, not just the respiratory route.
To add to what Teja said, pollutants can enter the body in a number of ways. In Cancer Alley it can be inhalation, ingestion (via the polluted drinking water, agricultural products and seafood), and even dermally (through the skin due to the pollutants raining down and settling on surfaces).