Garbage is Racist
Well, so says Sue Sturgis when whining and complaining that
North Carolina communities with significant numbers of people of color are more than twice as likely to be located near landfills and other solid waste facilities
Once again, the only proper answer to that proclamation in a free society can be: "SO WHAT?" What business is that of yours, Sue? Why does it matter to you? Is it only so you can have a reason to take more of my money? Somehow I suspect that it is. What would you like us to do? Would you demand that we build a landfill in a few golf courses where there's nice houses? Would you decide the location of the next landfill based on skin color of residents instead of economic considerations? Perhaps you'd force all people of color to move away from landfills -- to perhaps MORE EXPENSIVE areas that they cannot afford? She also highlights shocking new research that indicates that landfills are more likely to be placed in areas where average home values are under $100,000. I wonder how much taxpayer money was wasted on that piece of brilliance. Again, where did you think we'd build landfills -- on the most expensive land we could find? Oh, guess what? Sue is a member of "Institute for Southern Studies" a "nonprofit research and education center." Once again, nonprofit in North Carolina is a group that produces NOTHING and instead is financed, unwillingly, by the taxpayers of North Carolina via the Democrat General Assembly.
Comments
1
You mean poor people live in less desirable locations?!! I never would have expected to see that.
Posted by: Weapon of Mass Disturbance at November 03, 2006 05:43 PM (x4Fjq)
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I bet we spent at least $50,000 in tax money to fund research to find that out.
Posted by: Ogre at November 03, 2006 07:38 PM (oifEm)
3
Where can I find such a research position?
Posted by: Weapon of Mass Disturbance at November 04, 2006 12:57 AM (x4Fjq)
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Apply for a government grant. They are all over the place. However, you usually have to have bribed a politician or belong to an institution who has bribed a politician to actually win the grant.
Posted by: Ogre at November 04, 2006 04:15 PM (196ug)
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