“The New Mexico state government is more concerned about saving money or making money through oil and gas companies, uranium mining or nuclear weapons production in Northern New Mexico, than in taking care of the people who live here. By turning our sacred water and land into commodities for profit regardless of the cost to the Native communities who live here, the government has done irreparable physical, spiritual, emotional and cultural harm. It’s continuing a policy of genocide, a loss that Native Peoples have endured for centuries and it’s part of a shared history with other communities of color and poor people in the United States. Just like in Flint, just like in Detroit, poor people of color are considered collateral damage for big business.”

To read the whole Op Ed Letter: http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/35042-environmental-racism-a-letter-from-new-mexico-to-flint