Global warming and racism evidence

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AFF cards – weed


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PermThe war on drugs is waged against black individuals unfairly.

Any attempts at relieving this war that do not attack the larger

idealogical system only continues the abuse of black bodies.

Holly Sims-runo October 30 !"#$ (Doctoral Candidate in Criminal Justice atIndiana University) “Whiteness and Weed ! "tory o# $ass Control in !merica%&htt'u'rootincriminoloy*oressays+hiteness,and,+eed

For the millions o# white Americans that favor the

decriminali%ation of mari&uana or even the legali%ation of

industrial hemp ' it is important to acknowledge (ari&uanalegislation would not e)ist today if not for the ideological dominance of a

white racial frame and the raciali-ation o# dru use throuhout the media and

'olitical discourse* *t is important that all proponents ofmari&uana and hemp decriminali-ation andor legali%ation

recogni%e how drug prohibition has always and continues

to depend on anti-black ' non-white racism or all e+orts to

combat the ,ar on rugs will remain in vain* The struggle

to end mari&uana prohibition is a tremendous opportunity to build

and encourage interracial solidarity because now more than ever

whites are sub&ect to the same social control mechanisms

intended to target African Americans and other racial

minorities of color* *nterracial alliance and resistance is the only way

to undermine a drug war that continues to ll prisons

increasingly built for prot by the private sector. .he inter,de'endent relationshi' bet+een the War on Drus& mari/uana 'rohibition& and therise o# the military'rison industrial com'le serves as yet another eam'le o# ho+a +hite racial #rame1s 'ositive vie+ o# +hites and neative vie+ o# non,+hites'rimarily serves the monetary interest o# only a select #e+ u''er,class elites* In203 under 4resident Obama the value o# military e5ui'ment trans#erred to localaencies reaches a''roimately 6780 million* "o loo9 out +hitey& the D:! and localla+ en#orcement are armed +ith the riht to arrest 'eo'le that are more than li9ely

/ust li9e you* "'ecial militari-ed aents o# the U" #ederal overnment have been#ully e5ui''ed by billions o# your ta dollars to +ae +ar in order to 'redominantlyserve the ;nancial interest o# 'rivate manu#acturers and 'risons to create& and

maintain& lare 'rison 'o'ulations* /ntil all proponents of cannabis

and hemp decriminali-ation andor legali%ation are cogni%ant and

critical of the role white supremacy continues to play in

today0s ,ar on rugs' the ideological dominance of a


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white racial frame will promote an anti-mari&uana

campaign that calls for the continue d incarceration of a

bunch of people for some weed*


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(arket based solutions fail to solve and only serve to further

perpetuate global warming. The system of global warming is a

product of the logic of whiteness that created the white overblack hierarchy.


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earth0s climate*2 Transportation' electricity generation'

and deforestation represent the most harmful human

activities because they release large amounts of carbon

dio)ide& the main reenhouse as& into the atmosphere*2

Suburbani%ation and 'rivate carcentered trans'ortation 'olicies re4uire that moreenergy be spent on transportation' demand far more

electricity' and cause more deforestation than any other

lifestyle*2 lobal +armin is an un#oreseen side eFect o# the 'olicies and behaviors that have been used

to “race% our society*2E Therefore' a meaningful response to the

global climate crisis re4uires a dismantling ' or at the very

least a reordering' of the spatial systems we have created

to construct and perpetuate the concept of race in the

/nited States*30 .he unsustainable land,use and consum'tion that de;ne the !merican dreamGaninherently +hite idealGcreate cultural and racial hierarchies by settin u' t+o classes o# citi-ens in !mericansociety those +ho can consume s'ace and those +ho cannot*3 Be'resentative Kydia $* =elL-5ue-& +hore'resents in Conress a 'redominantly 'oor urban district o# Ke+ Mor9& 'oints out& the sim'le #act is that ourcurrent unsustainable “more,isbetter% culture undermines any ho'e o# achievin /usticeGat home or abroad* Weo#ten hear about ho+ the United "tates consumes a vastly dis'ro'ortionate amount o# resources relative to the resto# the +orld* !mericans are buildin bier houses& drivin bier cars& consumin more and more o# everythinthan /ust about anyone else any+here* .his is certainly true& and the lon,term environmental eFects o# thisoverconsum'tion may +ell 'rove disastrous * * * * * * * N!nd one thin is #or sureG!mericans are not doin all thisoverconsumin in conressional districts li9e the one I re'resent * * * * * * * * In my district& crime is hih& test scoresare lo+& schools are crumblin& and the “!merican Dream%Gho+ever you choose to de;ne itGis very& very di@cultto attain*32 .hose +ho currently en/oy the 'rivilees o# consum'tion #ear losin the bier houses& bier cars& andthe economic 'o+er to consume& not only because they 'rovide material com#orts& but because they have become

the sini;ers o# +ealth& 'o+er& and +hiteness in !merican society*33 !s 4ro#essor Aarley stated& “.he system o#'ro'erty Nand all o# its tra''ins is +hite,over,blac9*%37 .hose material com#orts that identi#y +hiteness do so in

dialectic o''osition to the hih crime& lo+ test scores& and crumblin schools that mar9 blac9ness in !merican

society*38 Fear of eroding the hierarchies that dene racee)plains why politicians and other elites have consistently

championed ine+ectual 6market- based approaches7 to

global warming*3 y focusing public and private energy on relativelyinsignicant individual behavior changes& the


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embrace signicant or meaningful actions to address the crisis*7

8ven as global warming is starting to become the sub&ect

of increasing media coverage and as more environmental groups call

for action to halt the crisis& most activism is limited to changes that

maintain the e)isting spatial' social ' economic and legal framework thatdenes American society*72 Des'ite 9no+in #or decades that +e have been livin unsustainableli#estyles& and “havNin had some intuition that it +as a bine and the earth couldn1t su''ort it& * * * aside #rom theeasy thins (bioderadable deterent& slihtly smaller cars) +e didn1t do much* We didn1t turn our lives around to

'revent it*%73 9reenhouse emissions reduction challenges have

cropped up on websites across the country' encouraging

Americans to change their light bulbs' in:ate their tires to

the proper tire pressure to ensure optimal gas mileage'

switch to hybrid cars ' run dishwashers only when full'

telecommute' or buy more e;cient washers and dryers*77


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The de facto segregation that is urban home development is a

driving force behind climate change. The increased resources

it takes to faciliatate urban sprawl have destroyed the

ecosystem.


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urban homes*30 :ach suburban home has more electricityQconsumin #eatures than a ty'ical urbanhome more lihts and more a''liances*30 Consumin increased amounts o# electricity& these etra a''liancesdemand increased electricity 'roduction*30E


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9lobal warming is not technological it is idealogical. The only

way to overcome the global climate crisis is to start by

combating the structures of white supremacy.

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