Toxic Water, Toxic System : Environmental Racism and Michigan's Water War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mascarenhas, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Environmental justice.

Liability for water pollution damages--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Liability for water pollution damages.

Water rights--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Water rights.

Water--Pollution--Law and legislation--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Water.

Water-supply--Government policy--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2024.

Summary:

The tireless resistance of local communities fighting for ownership of America's third largest water system Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost--including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving together narratives of frontline activists along with archival data, Michael Mascarenhas provides a powerful exploration of the political alliances and bureaucratic mechanisms that uphold inequality. Drawing from three years of ethnographic fieldwork in Flint and Detroit, this book amplifies the voices of marginalized communities, particularly African American women, whose perspectives and labor have been consistently overlooked. Toxic Water, Toxic System offers a fresh perspective on the ties between urban austerity policies, environmental harm, and the advancement of white supremacist agendas in predominantly Black and brown cities.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyrights

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Thirsty for Environmental Justice

1. In the Service of White Privilege

2. Flint: The Anvil of Democracy

3. Defending the Karegnondi

4. Foundation Colonialism

5. Emergency (as a Paradigm of) Management

6. Environments of Injustice

7. The Water Is Off

8. Shut Off and Shut Out

9. We Charge Genocide

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Mascarenhas, Michael Toxic Water, Toxic System

ISBN:

9780520975217

0520975219

OCLC:

1416746568