I understand.
I just don't think that what they are mentioning in the article makes sense. Like they were mentioning that black people are more likely to suffer even if they have air conditioning. And that city planning didn't allow them to have trees or whatever.
I don't think these days there is deliberate racial discrimination in city planning. Where I live is mostly Hispanic and black. I'm a minority here. To lump racism into climate change and suffering from heat to me is ridiculous. I mean it doesn't matter what color you are. I don't think climate change attacks minorities more than it attacks anybody else.
Sure, you can make an argument that minorities live in poorer areas but there's a lot of poor white people around too. I just don't like when people put a spin on things and tied into racism. Why can't we just move forward?
You see it a lot too. They try to tell you that climate change affects certain races more than others. I think that's complete BS.
But those articles were mostly about air conditioning being evil now. And a lot of that was anti-American. I don't know if it's because of the heat wave in Europe that they are thinking about this now? Whatever it is that's ridiculous as well. They did mention in the article that some 3% of Germans have air conditioning in their homes and that author was saying how he was mocking Americans that visit him and complain that it's hot and his apartment. Basically saying that air conditioning is not needed. I'll bet you every car sold has air conditioning though. And I'll bet you they all have nice heating.
I just think people are sick of all these games that the media and others are playing on us. I think most people see right through it and I think it's an insult to their intelligence.
Climate change and racism are not directly linked, obviously. But the effects are felt more with low income families. The percentage of low income families are wildly disproportionate racially. "Like they were mentioning that black people are more likely to suffer even if they have air conditioning." This seems an odd thing to say and they either are actually spouting nonsense as empirical fact or it has been misunderstood. And what they most likely actually mean is something like if they pay for A/C, they can't pay for something else like groceries, insurance, rent, healthcare, etc. "And that city planning didn't allow them to have trees or whatever." This makes much more sense. Most minorities live together in specific parts of cities and that area is generally low cost with a lack of parks, nature, and general upkeep by the municipality. That is not because of racism in 2020 or even 2000, but from the 1950s and even earlier. We call this systemic racism, where it is not explicit, it "just happened" over time.
Saying things like "there are poor white people, too" makes me want to leave this conversation, for it is similar to an oak tree. Of course there are, but look at percentages and weights of the populace. Is it proportionate? You claim that it is BS to say climate change affects other races more than others. That is not true, you are only looking at it from a scientific and literal point of view. Of course, we are all human and heat affects us the same way. That is not what they mean. Think of what climate change does in terms of money required and then weigh in the facts about utilities in this country (going back to my monopoly comment). Utility companies successfully breach the Sherman Anti-Trust Act because of a technicality and because of practicality. Alas, they are allowed to boss the market in your area and a mansion owner pays the same rate a trailer owner pays per watt in the same town/power district. Add in the social geography of minorities and low income families and it suddenly makes perfect sense that global warming affects those people more negatively than middle class. I will say that the article took some liberties with semantics which makes it not a completely unbiased article. With that being said, the point remains that more power usage will affect a low income family more so than a mid to high income family.
Regarding Europeans, they hate Americans and rightfully so. We are the personification of every cardinal sin, but most egregiously gluttony. In our defense, it gets up to 40C (110F) degrees here in most places. In many places it stays at that temperature or near it for more than a third of the year. So, they can suck it. Like my friends who live up north in NY, MA, and IA wonder why I even need heat when it gets down to only about 45F, northern Europeans wonder why we need so much A/C.
