It Could Happen to You Environmental Racism
BackEnvironmental racism meets MTV. Or at least when they used to play music videos.
IT could happen to you.
This video is a class project for clinical community psychology Psy.D. students at the University of La Verne, CA. Our assignment was to create an advocacy video that would promote social justice. The cause we chose was environmental racism. Our intent was to create a humorous video that would gain viewers but not undermine the seriousness of environmental racism. We believe that individuals need to be aware that an issue exists before they can participate in advocacy and social change.
What is environmental racism?
1. The intentional or unintentional racial discrimination in the enforcement of environmental rules/regulations
2. The intentional or unintentional targeting of minority communities for the location of polluting industries
3. The exclusion of minority groups from public and private boards, commissions, and regulatory bodies
Race/ethnicity is a better predictor of hazardous waste sites than wealth is
The U.S. not only dumps waste in its own minority communities, it ships it's waste off to other countries as well.
Directed by Ian Carpenter
Music & Lyrics by Ashley Douroux & Ian Carpenter
Related Links:
Environmental Protection agency
www.epa.org
Environmental Racism: Old Wine in a New Bottle By Dr Deborah M. Robinson
www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/echoes/echoes-17-02.html
Sustainable South Bronx
Music loosely inspired by "mean kitty"
Class project No copyright infringement intended
Channel: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded: May 15, 2008 at 6:24 am
Author: Dancennfool
Length: 00:03:41
Rating: 5.00
Views: 1671
Tags: Enviornmental Racism Advocacy Clinical Community Psychology University Mean Kitty EPA music video mac ULV USA La Verne
Video Comments:
toddd4u (September 5, 2008 at 8:06 pm)
I like it. This was very cute and informative!
nightfrog65 (August 12, 2008 at 12:18 pm)
Kind of like the offshore LPG platform that they want to put off the coast of Malibu.
All of Hollywood was up in arms when they considered placing it in the backyard of rich people's beach homes. Would they care as much if the LPG plant was to be placed at the port of Long Beach??
All of Hollywood was up in arms when they considered placing it in the backyard of rich people's beach homes. Would they care as much if the LPG plant was to be placed at the port of Long Beach??
edibot42 (May 17, 2008 at 11:42 pm)
Great video, great message... way to go Ashley
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JessNyou (May 17, 2008 at 4:11 pm)
Great job! I'm so impressed!
calliope99 (May 17, 2008 at 1:28 pm)
Great job, guys - this looks and sounds awesome. What a great way to present this issue. I hope it gets more hits than the hamster eating popcorn - it deserves to be huge!! :o)
saddlecrack (May 16, 2008 at 7:16 pm)
Nice video, and a good message. You guys did a good job.