NBC News recently highlighted the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi on their Thursday night broadcast. They discussed the potential role of racism and environmental justice in the crisis.
However, the network did not provide evidence to back up their assertion that racism is a factor.
The NAACP and the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency have both suggested that racism could be a factor in the lack of access to clean water in the city. This has been an urgent issue for Jackson, and it is important that further investigation is done to ensure that all citizens have access to clean water.
“The water crisis triggering an NAACP complaint in September alleging racist policies by Governor Tate Reeves and the state of Mississippi claiming federal money was allocated to smaller majority white communities instead of Jackson,” Essamuah hyped in her report.
She then touted how the EPA is crying racism in Mississippi by “investigating if Mississippi violated the Civil Rights Act.”
Turning to EPA administrator Michael Regan, Essamuah outrageously asked why a “city that’s over 80 percent black is facing a decades-long water crisis?”
Regan responded that “environmental justice is a serious issue in this country, which is why the President has made it a priority.”
“We know black, brown, tribal communities, low-income communities have seen a lack of investment, but also are on the front lines of the impacts of these lack of investments in climate change,” Regan huffed.
“Climate change” and “environmental justice.” Regan got all of the leftist buzzwords in during this segment with the nodding approval of NBC’s Essamuah.
Of course, it’s Biden’s guy making baseless claims hat environmental laws are racist—What did you expect?
Jackson’s Democratic leadership has known for DECADES that the system is ready to fail and hasn’t done jack to fix it despite being given funds. Do you think either of them pointed the finger at the Democrats? no…