2015
Disaster and Disability: Social Inequality and the Uneven Effects of Climate Change
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Environmental harm intensifies structural violence, so acting for justice in an age of climate change means fighting all forms of oppression.
Tikkun (https://www.tikkun.org/author/a_belserj/)
Environmental harm intensifies structural violence, so acting for justice in an age of climate change means fighting all forms of oppression.
At kiddush one day, I was welcoming a visitor to synagogue when she popped the question. “What’s wrong with you?” she asked as her eyes flicked from my face to my wheels. I’ve been asked this question in an astounding array of inappropriate venues; I didn’t flinch. “I have a disability,” I said, though it was plain she’d already noticed. A firm full stop followed that statement, though I knew full well I didn’t answer her question.