Inequity, environmental unjustice and rascism: a struggle that trascends the color of the skin

Abstract

This article considers a more inclusive view in regards to the concept of Environmental Racism, questioned both by orthodox marxists -who consider it a denial of class struggle- as well as by a most of the black movements –who think of it as an attempt to minimize the fight against racism in itself. Starting up from some examples linked to brazilian reality, it shows that racism and preconception exceed the colour of our skins and are clearly connected to a model of development that depends on inequality and negation of citizenship as essential to its perpetuation.  Without leaving aside our specific fights and their inherent conquests, the concept of Environmental Racism defies us to enlarge our world visions and to fight for a new civilizatory paradigm, for a new society, both equalitarian and just, in which full democracy and active citizenship are not rights just for a few privileged ones, independent of colour, origin or ethnicity.