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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> == Eco-feminism and Environmental Justice are understood through '''Domination''' and '''Care'''. '''1. The "Master" Logic (The Dualism)''': "Reason" over "Nature." * (See Article 661). Eco-feminists argue that "Western Logic" "Equates" **"Women"** with **"Nature"** (Emotional/Bodily) and **"Men"** with **"Reason"** (Rational/Transcendent). * By "Labeling" nature as "Feminine," "Man" "Justifies" "Raping," "Mining," and "Controlling" it. * To "Save the Earth," you **"Must"** "End" the **"Hierarchy of Gender."** * "Justice" is **"Non-Dualistic."** '''2. The "Disposable" Community (Environmental Racism)''': "Not in My Backyard" (NIMBY). * (See Article 560). In an "Unjust System," "Pollution" doesn't "Disappear"; it "Moves" to the **"Path of Least Resistance."** * This means "Poor Communities" and "People of Color" "Breathe" the **"Toxic Air"** and "Drink" the **"Poisoned Water"** that "Produces" the "Luxury" of the "Rich." * **Environmental Justice** "Argues" that "Ecology" "Cannot" be "Separated" from **"Civil Rights."** * "The Environment" is **"Where We Live, Work, and Play."** '''3. The "Ethic of Care" (Vandana Shiva)''': "Partnership" over "Control." * (See Article 638). Shiva "Argues" that "Traditional Women's Knowledge" (Saving Seeds, Tending Soil) is **"True Science."** * "Industrial Agriculture" is a **"War"** on the "Earth." * **Eco-Feminism** "Promotes" a **"Life-Centered"** "Economy" based on **"Care," "Sharing,"** and **"Regeneration."** * "The Earth" is a **"Community,"** not a "Commodity." '''The 'Warren County' Protest (1982)'''': When an "African-American Community" in North Carolina "Lay Down in the Road" to "Block" "PCB-contaminated Soil" from being "Dumped" in their town. It proved that "The Environmental Movement" had to "Face" its "Own Internal Racism." </div> <div style="background-color: #8B0000; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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