Flint

tweeted “when you knowingly poison a black city, you are committing a version of genocide” and the second, who sought to explain the Flint case using race and poverty as the formative factors of the Flint tragedy (Ranganathan 2016, 4). While Ranganathan does not dispute the discourse on environmental racism (although in her opinion, they appear to simplify the problem in Flint as just another racist generated problem), she however maintains that there are deeper issues and simply “equating…

Drinking Water can kill and After Pollution in Flint, Some finds Tap Waterś Benefits Hard to Swallow is the purpose of this response. In these pieces, there are many facts presented about the water crisis. The points of view represented in these two texts had more commonalities than variances. These readings explore the topic of water crisis. Points of view represented in for the Worldś Poor, Drinking Water can Kill, After Pollution in Flint, some find Tap Waterś Benefits hard to…

which says “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life.” This very principle of the right to life has been violated in Flint,…

Flint had an obsession with Linda, perhaps a sexual need or just a way to show his power upon a slave. He made several trips to New York to find her, to all this he was unsuccessful, unaware that she was still in the same vicinity. Her children were used…

got pregnant by Mr. Sands that Mr. Flint would sell her, and surely she thought that Mr. Sands would buy her so that she could become a free woman. At the time was it a good idea yeah it was. She thought it out she really did. This Man Mr. Sands knew her grandmother and it says in the text, "He became interested for me, and asked questions about my master, which I answered in part." She figured if he was interested in her that she could get away from Mr. Flint by subjecting herself to be Mr.…

life while in the Flint’s household as she endures the sexual harassment from Dr. Flints and is trying to cope with the many vile things he says and do to her. Dr. Flints had many high paying offerings from Harriet including from her grandmother, but he was so possessive of her that he would say “she doesn't belong to me. She is my daughter’s property, and I have no right to sell her.” At the age of fifteen Dr. Flints began to whisper foul words to her and wanted to be intimate with her but she…

scavenger hunt was alright. It wasn’t my most favorite activity, but it wasn’t my least favorite either. I learned that we live in the Cenozoic era. Overall, the Thronateeska was interesting, but it wasn’t very exciting. Aside from the Thronateeska, the Flint River Aquarium was awesome! I had so much fun! The scavenger hunt we had to do there was hard, though. My partner (my best friend) and I couldn’t find some of the…

of General Motors. Smith announced massive layoffs at a GM plant, essentially closing it, in favor of opening new plants in Mexico that resulted in 30,000 hardworking Flint residents to lose their jobs and devastate the area's economy. Because of this, Michael got the idea to make a documentary about his hometown of Flint and how the local economy had collapsed from the exporting of jobs. Moore used his settlement from Mother Jones as a Kickstarter for the film. However, that wasn’t enough…

In the article Don't Forget about Flint, Michigan by Philip Lewis we see a tragic situation that could have been handled more precisely. Unlike a hurricane which can’t be prevented, this water crisis could have been prevented. Coming from a Utilitarian point of view, the Flint water debate is something less than tragic. The government has put the citizens in a spot were they can’t even get clean water to do normal, daily things. Over half of Flint’s population is African American and they see it…

With a heavy heart, Harriet now moves to the Flint family home to serve her new mistress of five. The new owner, Dr. Flint and Mrs. Flint were typical southern slave holder who never provided the sufficient provisions to their slaves. Instead, they controlled their slaves through the extreme regime of overexploitation, brutality and terror. dad dies!!! Despite mistreatment of Mr. and Mrs. Flint, Harriet found peace and comfort through her aunt and grandmother. In her…