Environmental Racism: Africville Genealogy Society

Africville Genealogy Society: Irvine Carvery, president of the Africville Genealogy Society, said people of colour living in nations colonized by Europeans share a history of oppression, including environmental racism, with black and Mi kmaq communities in this province, according to The Chronicle Herald. African-Canadians including African-Nova Scotians have been impacted by environmental racism since our arrival here on these shores, Carvery told a symposium exploring the history and effects of native and black communities living by such sites as garbage dumps, junkyards and outlets discharging untreated sewage and Living near environmental degradation is a shameful situation Nova Scotias black and native communities regrettably share with indigenous peoples and visible minorities around the world, a Halifax workshop heard Saturday. In Canada, this heritage goes back generations, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.