A RECIPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

By Angela Levasseur

Total time: varies

Prep: however long it takes to cultivate environmental racism

Cook: however long it takes to enact environmental racism

Yields: 1 HUGE serving

Ingredients:

1 cowardly Minister

1 rotten crown corporation

1 extremely right-wing political party

1 premier who does not care about Indigenous people or their rights

An entire province that is willing to turn a blind eye while the land and water is destroyed in Northern Manitoba

A highly controlled mainstream media that wants to perpetuate the problem

1 cup of “it’s not my problem they are just Indians”

2 cups of overt racism

4 cups of disrespect for mother earth

1 teaspoon narrow-mindedness

3 rotten eggs

2 cups of mercury

2 cups of ethnocentrism

6 cups of systemic racism

⅓ cup fake apologies

2 cups of outright lies from politicians

An infinite supply of hatred for Indigenous people

Directions:

Prepare the batter by mixing 3 rotten eggs, 1 cup of “it’s not my problem they are just ‘Indians,’” and 2 cups of overt racism.

Dump the four cups of disrespect for mother earth in all at once.

Using a whisk, briskly beat the ethnocentrism and systemic racism into the mixture.

Brainwash the people of the province and drench the entire province in the batter.

Deep fry the province in mercury.

Season the province with one heaping tablespoon of narrow-mindedness.

Have the cowardly Minister, the rotten crown corporation, the extremely right-wing political party, and the premier “who does not care about Indigenous people or their rights” take turns sprinkling the province with their hasty apologies and outright lies.

Finally, use the infinite supply of hatred for Indigenous peoples, and the environmental racism you have created to suppress and control the mainstream media.  If desired, use ethnocentric viewpoints to justify the destruction of mother earth. 

Tell yourself, “it’s not my problem they are just ‘Indians…”

Enjoy!

*Parody of “recipe for racism” by Olivia Deng