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Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting
« on: July 02, 2020, 12:29:01 pm »
Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting

Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.


A landmark report conducted by University of Michigan environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor in 2014 warned of the “arrogance” of white environmentalists when they introduce green initiatives to black and brown communities. One black  environmental professional Taylor interviewed for the report, Elliot Payne, described experiences where green groups “presumed to know what’s best” for communities of color without including them in the decision-making and planning processes.

“I think a lot of the times it stems from the approach of oh we just go out and offer tree plantings or engaging in an outdoor activity, and if we just reach out to them they will come,” Payne told Taylor.

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Re: Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2020, 01:36:38 pm »
2014 is "Current Events"?
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Re: Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2020, 01:39:49 pm »
Bottom line. They didn't want to rake up all those nasty leaves.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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