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it's unjust how harmful the air you breath is depending on the color of your skin, this can lead to health problems and respiratory issues

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I find it unfair how not just normal people but the government bases important decisions based on your skin color and background like where to place factories that pollute the air.

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It is surprising how even after people saying things, that the government doesn't listen. The article shows how severe this issue is.

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This is shocking, I feel like it's unfair that racism plays a part in the air we breathe in. We shouldn't have to breathe in unhealthy air especially not because of our skin color. I feel like there needs to be some more positive environmental changes, for example one like this.

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The air pollution can cause many health problems and not a lot of people really care about the air quality.

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Its not really surprising because the government only cares about the money, they don't care for the health of the communities. It also makes me wonder why its not okay for the factories to be in the white neighborhoods but okay for them to be in the black and Latino communities.

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I find it weird that they start a hunger strike even though the government has little to no care. Not only teenagers should care for the air.

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This is kinda expected that brown and black families are treated unfairly but we can still make a change to this. And this also connects back to redlining

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This is shocking but not surprising, the world has always been racist, adding it to the air is just one more form of racism.

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Its crazy. article made me realize some things like how bad air quality is. Tragic

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The hunger strikes make it seem much more empowering which is absolutely shocking.

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This article is shocking because of the refusal to comprehend the negative affects of air pollution affecting air quality by companies. I'm not surprised many people ignore this just to be able to gain more money.

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Shocked to hear that racism contributes to trash air quality

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I find it weird that they start a hunger strike even though the government has little to no care. Not only teenagers should care for the air

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I find it weird that they start a hunger strike even though the government has little to no care. Not only teenagers should care for the air

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I am honestly not surprised from how people treat the SouthEast Side because people had been adjusted to not showing interest in poc neighborhoods, which caused so much air pollution.

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This article is new to me, but I am not surprised because the government tends to not care. It's unfair that they won't stop the building for people's health, especially kids.

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This is kinda expected that brown and black families are treated unfairly. And we can still make a change to this. And this also connects back to redlining.

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reading this makes me upset because the factories get kicked out the white communites but when it comes to communites with POC its suddenly fine and ignored.

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This made me angry. Racism is not cool guys and especially environmental racism. We should all get the same air no matter our skin color

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its sad seeing politicians who are "supposed to protect us" actually not care about us at all

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I'm very surprised that people have to go a hunger strike to stop polluting the air I think it's crazy to affect your health to get something done.

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I'm very surprised that people have to go a hunger strike to stop polluting the air I think it's crazy to affect your health to get something done.

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I think this article is important for everyone to know about because there are so many people who don't know about the health risks that can come depending on where they live. I am not surprised though because it is understandable because cheaper houses are in places nearer factories, so low income people are more affected by the poor air quality.

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This was surprising because most kids don't care about the air quality and try to fix what other generations did

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Its sad seeing other being adjusted to something that's not healthy or normal. It's unfair to people who go through a lot compared to us who have clean air.

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I don't want to breathe anymore

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Air pollution contributes to increased risk of chronic disease

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this made me scared for my health.  Tiny nando 

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this made me scared for my health.  Tiny nando 

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It's crazy how the only way to get what they wanted was to go on a hunger strike. They had to basically hurt their health to stop the facility from polluting the air. Everyone deserves clean air, without it we can die earlier.

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I am surprised to see other teens care about the air quality. It's nice to know that maybe this generation can fix what the older generation has destroyed.

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This article caught me off guard, but I'm also not surprised that they would move an iron plant causing lung problems away from a white neighborhood and into a neighborhood in the southeast side.

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After reading the article,

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1) write an original response

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1) How does this make you feel?

2) What is your reaction to this article?  Is it surprising?  Why or why not?

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Chicago Teens Stand Up to Environmental Racism on the South Side

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“We are tired of the city treating us like a garbage can.”