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Majora Carter Quotes

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do Picture Quote #1

Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable Picture Quote #1

One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don’t always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it’s just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect Picture Quote #1

I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone Picture Quote #1

We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way Picture Quote #1

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done - or it’s about giving until it hurts Picture Quote #1

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What’s popular in places considered ghettos - whether that’s the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life Picture Quote #1

You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it’s really the same thing Picture Quote #1

My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world Picture Quote #1

We’ve got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that Picture Quote #1

You shouldn’t have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one Picture Quote #1

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities Picture Quote #1

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It’s time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we start building living monuments to hope and possibility Picture Quote #1

Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we will have to do business as usual, because cleaning up the environment, mitigating climate change is just too costly. Well, I say the business of poverty is just too expensive a bill for humanity to pay any longer Picture Quote #1

We’ve got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that Picture Quote #1

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems Picture Quote #1

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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do (Majora Carter Quotes) Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable (Majora Carter Quotes) One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don’t always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it’s just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect. (Majora Carter Quotes) I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone. (Majora Carter Quotes) We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way. (Majora Carter Quotes) To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done - or it’s about giving until it hurts. (Majora Carter Quotes) What’s popular in places considered ghettos - whether that’s the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life. (Majora Carter Quotes) You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it’s really the same thing. (Majora Carter Quotes) My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world. (Majora Carter Quotes) We’ve got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that. (Majora Carter Quotes) You shouldn’t have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one (Majora Carter Quotes) Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities (Majora Carter Quotes) It’s time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we start building living monuments to hope and possibility (Majora Carter Quotes) Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we will have to do business as usual, because cleaning up the environment, mitigating climate change is just too costly. Well, I say the business of poverty is just too expensive a bill for humanity to pay any longer (Majora Carter Quotes) We’ve got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that (Majora Carter Quotes) If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems (Majora Carter Quotes)