“I think that’s all a lie…I think It’s genocide”: Applying a Critical Race Praxis to Youth Perceptions of Flint Water Contamination | Zendy

Michael Muhammad | Zendy; E. Hill De Loney | Zendy; Cassandra L. Brooks | Zendy; Shervin Assari | Zendy; DeWaun Robinson | Zendy; Cleopatra H. Caldwell | Zendy

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“I think that’s all a lie…I think It’s genocide”: Applying a Critical Race Praxis to Youth Perceptions of Flint Water Contamination

Author(s) -

Michael Muhammad,

E. Hill De Loney,

Cassandra L. Brooks,

Shervin Assari,

DeWaun Robinson,

Cleopatra H. Caldwell

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

ethnicity and disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1945-0826

pISSN - 1049-510X

DOI - 10.18865/ed.28.s1.241

Subject(s) - praxis , racism , sociology , psychology , gender studies , political science , law

In April 2014, the emergency manager of Flint, Michigan switched the city's water supplier from Detroit's water department to the Flint River. The change in water source resulted in the Flint Water Crisis (FWC) in which lead (Pb) from the city's network of old pipes leached into residents' tap water. Residents of Flint reported concerns about the water to officials; however, the concerns were ignored for more than a year.

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