post 18 "where the whale be at?"

This article by Terry Cole, talks about African American literature, specifically issues concerning African Americans’ way of living and also the environment towards African Americans. The argument here is how African Americans are disconnected from the environment and how they are treated differently with regards to whites. The article also talks about the African Americans lack of choices to better food.  After reading this article it does have some truth to the way people of color live. I can relate because I live in one myself.
          As growing up I always thought living in the projects is normal.  There are corner stores, and one grocery store across from the project. Also easy access to mass transit, It has never occurred to me how disconnected the people of color are to the environment until now. This is pretty scary.  Every project I go to whether it is visiting a friend or a family member I always see in the ceiling paint coming down from the wall some were. According to the facts that Mr. Cole point out is that lead poisoning is a number one health threat to the children of color.  It makes u think why it only happens to us minority. Could it be the way the system is of city government?  We Will never really know.
                                                                   Secondly,   the whites have a different type of living. Most of them have house on property that have trees and grass.  They have better grocery stores then we do. Another important factor as stated by Mr. Cole that “seventy one percent of African American live in counties that violate federal air pollution standers as opposed to 58percent of white Americans.”  For example how most projects now and day I see are close to factory, or power plant.  Whites locations of living are far away from these type of location because the majority live in suburbia areas. This goes for the majority of the white Americans that live this way. Due to being more environmentally involve they know what good for them and the planet. Even back then society was split like this minority in one section and whites in other. It was never mix together. That is a lack of being environmentally aware. Of the way the color people live. Not knowing the potential dangerous to their health.
                         In conclusion, the people of color have to be environmentally involved to have the same life style as the whites. Despite were they originally had live. This improvement will give a better healthier life style were they can be treated fairly. Even till this day this is how America society system is run by identifying the class of people.