The authors draw attention to the gendered aspect of the environmental justice movement as one created and sustained by the work of women. The article states that the women behind WHE are not just protecting the environment but they are also protecting the "cultural and social survival of their communities" (Miller et al. :63). This element illustrates the feminist politics inherent in the movement's framework. Feminist politics interrogate power and the water systems case explained by Greenberg derives from power relations. Greenberg argues that the government placed a disproportionate level of focus on water safety instead of water cleanliness and cannot financially support both issues. Flint's water crisis is an environmental mismanagement issue caused by neglectful practices that endangered the black community ironically as a case for national safety. Greenberg therefore is implicitly raising the question about who and what holds more value in our
The authors draw attention to the gendered aspect of the environmental justice movement as one created and sustained by the work of women. The article states that the women behind WHE are not just protecting the environment but they are also protecting the "cultural and social survival of their communities" (Miller et al. :63). This element illustrates the feminist politics inherent in the movement's framework. Feminist politics interrogate power and the water systems case explained by Greenberg derives from power relations. Greenberg argues that the government placed a disproportionate level of focus on water safety instead of water cleanliness and cannot financially support both issues. Flint's water crisis is an environmental mismanagement issue caused by neglectful practices that endangered the black community ironically as a case for national safety. Greenberg therefore is implicitly raising the question about who and what holds more value in our