"There are fears that hundreds, if not thousands of Black men and women have been captured and thrown in jail without being charged for any crimes or being Gaddafi loyalist, just because of the colour of their skin."


This incident happened a while back but I thought it would be a wake up call upon the Environmental Racism and be relevant to this discussion. The sentence above was from the article which identifies the social issues of racism around the world. Relating this back to what was said in lecture, racism is  the inherent of different trait justifying human discrimination. This correlates to poverty and the lack of resources to the people of color. The two words in this article, "ethnic cleansing" stood out the most and brings to the discussion of how the people of Lydia were being get rid of because of their skin color.The unfair treatment for these people are unacceptable and unreasonable because even though they are a different, they shouldn't be chased out of their own home and being thrown into jail for doing absolutely nothing. I feel that the leaders there and around the world have lost their voice and this is why tragic issues like this are happening, but it's not too late to raise the voice of equality once again. 


http://www.obv.org.uk/news-blogs/black-genocide-libya-why-silence 


By: Thu-Hieu Ngo