Justice has yet to be served in the black communities and we are constantly fighting year after year just for the right to be treated humanely. One social justice advocate from Flint, Michigan, named Nadia Fischer has been working heavily to bring much awareness to what is happening in our communities daily with her social justice advocacy on prison reform. In an upcoming book, she opens up about why “My Water Has Never Been Clean.”
My Water Has Never Been Clean, is a story told through the lens of an 8-year-old African American little girl. The title goes far beyond the nod to the tragic water crisis her hometown would become known for but serves as a metaphor for overcoming extraordinary odds where even the most basic of needs could not be taken for granted.
“The title of the book is metaphoric for me. I like to use it as a reflection of the environmental racism that I was subjected to all my life. Growing up in Flint, Michigan, my young impressional eyes witnessed firsthand what happens to a community, culture and the economy when resources are not present and available to all. Environmental racism is often deemed as a policy, practice or a direction that differently affects or disadvantages individuals, groups or communities based on race.”
People understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, my environment was subjected to human influences and these influences lowered their hands to the worst of our society including racism and classism. This form of racism created significant racial disparities such as how minority group neighborhoods were populated primarily by people of color and members of low-socioeconomic backgrounds—are burdened with disproportionate numbers of hazards including toxic water, increased levels of crime due to lack of resources available to its community members. The ill effects of these inequities often lead to lower quality of life, increased numbers of arrests, and senseless acts of death.
This systematic oppression forced its way into my family, my drinking water, and my bathtub and this is what forced me into activism. -Nadia Fischer
We will be diving deep with an up-close and more personal interview with Nadia Fischer about her book and life in the justice system in our November/December publication of FEMI Magazine. Be sure to keep up and follow Nadia Fischer on social media!
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