User:Brendacelio/sandbox

Article evaluation:

I will analyze the article titled: Black Lives Matter

In the Black Lives Matter wikipedia article, there is a section called "Other groups". BLM has influenced other groups aside from the featured "all lives matter," "blue lives matter," and "white lives matter". I think the article must include "brown lives matter" and "trans lives matter" in the "other groups" section because the tone for other groups is seen as negative since it only features racist movements/phrases that have branched off of Black Lives Matter. Because it only includes negative groups, it can be seen as positively biased towards Black Lives Matter. The links for the citations work and out of the ones I clicked, each fact was referenced with the appropriate source, but some of the videos in the links, such as the ones on youtube, are no longer available -- I noticed that a lot of videos having to do with the violence surrounding the black lives matter movement are deleted from media sites, but I think they're vital to understanding the Black Lives Matter Movement -- maybe Wikimedia can change this. A lot of the sources come from news sources, such as the BBC or the New Yorker, but some come from posts on Facebook, like the Black Lives Matter Facebook. The article is rated as a "good article," but it is not "featured article quality". The Talk page has a section titled ""unjust killings" vs "killings deemed unjust"", so I think they are struggling on walking the thin thread of the article being on the side of Black Lives Matter and trying to remain neutral, as some may think killings by police were just. The wikipedia heavily writes about the controversies on Black Lives Matter, whereas in class, we heavily focused and critiqued it as a social movement. Brendacelio (talk)

This is where my group will edit on the environment (Sept 29, 2017)

October 10, 2017: Finalize Your Topic/Find your sources My topic in Environmental Racism, and I plan to add movements from different countries, such as Mexico City, Mexico. Environmental Racism is a topic that is often ignored in the US, so I want to explore how other countries are dealing with it. I want to see if there are any activists and how the government is dealing with it. Bibliography https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1381040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1381040/pdf/amjph00504-0020.pdf http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1576&context=facsch_papers

Draft your Article: Environmental Racism in Mexico - Draft Your Article

I. Environmental Racism is a movement that analyzes how environmental hazards disproportionately affect poor communities and people of color. In the United States, this usually refers to black, latino, or native Americans. However, in other countries, such a mexico, targeted communities may include indigenous populations. These communities disproportionately face environmental hazards due to their “limited access to decent housing healthcare, food security, employment, and education.” II. Mexico, or Mexico City in particular, is one of the most polluted regions in the world. Mexico has an active oil industry, which creates oil hazards. Mexico’s most vulnerable populations also face lead, and most known in the United States, the “maquiladora program, implemented in 1965, created a free trade agreement for foreign companies to bring materials into the country for manufacturing.” Mexican workers in these Maquiladoras face large amounts of exposure to toxic chemicals. III. While environmental justice has taken a bigger hold in the United States, Mexico is struggling to create a cultural movement against environmental racism. Mexico faces social and legal restrictions when creating movements for environmental justice.

Sources: http://www.ejnet.org/ej/rwc.html http://mitpress.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7551/mitpress/9780262033725.001.0001/upso-9780262033725-chapter-8 http://umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/maquiladora.htm

Expansion: Environmental Racism in Mexico - Expand Your Article

Intro Environmental Racism is a movement that analyzes how environmental hazards disproportionately affect poor communities and people of color -- it’s a phenomenon that happens in many countries, but it plays a significant role in Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations. United States Background Details In the United States, this victims of environmental racism usually include black, latino, or native Americans. However, in other countries, such a Mexico, targeted communities may include indigenous populations. Mexico experiences “colorism.” which is defined as “Colorism, although related to the power structure of a society, focuses on how racism has manifested itself in the psychology of a people, how it affects their concept of beauty and privilege. It is defined as giving favored status to those who are of lighter skin complexion than those who are darker” These communities disproportionately face environmental hazards due to their “limited access to decent housing healthcare, food security, employment, and education.” Pollution in Mexico Mexico, or Mexico City in particular, is one of the most polluted regions in the world. Mexico has an active oil industry, which creates oil hazards. Mexico’s most vulnerable populations also face lead pollution. Environmental Racism created by both Mexico and the United States The United States created opportunity for environmental racism in Mexico. The “maquiladora program, implemented in 1965, created a free trade agreement for foreign companies to bring materials into the country for manufacturing.” Mexican workers in these Maquiladoras face large amounts of exposure to toxic chemicals. Environmental Justice Movements in Mexico While environmental justice has taken a bigger hold in the United States, Mexico is struggling to create a cultural movement against environmental racism. Mexico faces social and legal restrictions when creating movements for environmental justice. Environmental justice analysis by some American intellectuals and professors believes that in order for marginalized communities to reach environmental justice is through allowing and creating “community empowerment to further access to resources necessary to take an active role in decisions affecting one's life” This may be difficult for Mexico, as it faces corruption and wealth inequality.

Peer Review: (Lizet (Lisa) Ceja)

Environment Team:

Is the team focusing on enhancing/adding to the Environmental Racism article in Wikipedia or will it be a new article? I noticed that the introduction sentance to your draft article starts off with a similar introduction as the current Environmental Racism article. I would suggest if the article is being added to Environmental Racism not include it since it would be a repletion of what was already stated. 

Some of the following questions that came up while I read the draft where: 

• Besides oil industries in Mexico causing oil hazards is there any other factors that are making Mexico become the most polluted country in the world? 
• What are some of the leading companies that are causing Mexico to become more polluted?