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> Postwar US Uranium mines in Arizona and Utah also used Dine (Navajo) and other native peoples with similar levels of racism, exploitation, leaving thousands o
by oaththrowaway 3y ago
> Postwar US Uranium mines in Arizona and Utah also used Dine (Navajo) and other native peoples with similar levels of racism, exploitation, leaving thousands of people sick etc.
Not exactly just exploiting minorities. My grandpa died because he mined Uranium post-war, but he was white and afaik so was everyone he worked with.
- 542354234235 3y ago>Not exactly just exploiting minorities. They didn't say "just" or "only" minorities. However, most of the mines were located on or near, Navajo land and over 4 million tons of ore came for that land. The workers were disproportionately Navajo and the land is now poisoned with radioactive waste from the mining, with cancer rates doubling from the 1970s to the 1990s. Land the Navajo were forced onto. Recognizing the damage this has done to an already persecuted minority population does not negate damage done to individuals of other races or ethnicities. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/10/473547227/for-the-navajo-nation-uranium-minings-deadly-legacy-lingers https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/10/4735472... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222290/
- nonethewiser 3y agoOnly one worth mentioning though apparently
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- 542354234235 3y agoWhen someone says "wow, something terrible happened to me and I'm very upset" you don't have to respond "Well what about me? My life is hard too!"