The article discusses the cancellation of an agreement aimed at improving sewage infrastructure in Lowndes County, Alabama, portraying the decision as a politically motivated action against DEI initiatives that aid marginalized communities. It highlights the dire sanitation issues faced by residents, including untreated sewage problems and government inaction. The Biden administration's previous agreement to address this environmental injustice is critiqued by political figures who frame it as an 'illegal' DEI effort, emphasizing how mischaracterizations of such initiatives can undermine crucial support for vulnerable populations.
"This is how you cancel an agreement aimed at rebuilding the sewage infrastructure in an impoverished county in Alabama. You declare that agreement was cancelled because it was an 'illegal' DEI arrangement because it was aimed at helping Black people, and that's all you need to say."
"The decision could condemn low-income people in Lowndes county, about 40 miles south-west of Montgomery, to indefinitely continue living with no or failing sanitation infrastructure."
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