Water connects it all: Environmental racism and global warming in Tuvalu and Kiribati

Abstract

The authors explore the consequences of global systemic racism on the environment, and on human and non-human beings, by focusing on water at a global level. While there are many examples, from lead in the drinking water of US inner cities, or the environmental justice struggle in the Cancer Alley, or the polluted lands of American Indians, the authors choose to concentrate on rising water levels and the impending destruction of the Republic of Tuvalu and the Republic of Kiribati to examine how water connects us all. The authors demonstrate how systemic racism is an integral part of global racism.