So radical.
“private ownership of land” an “illusion.” The article noted that “the illusion of private ownership of land allowed the privileged to feel unconnected to the consequences of their conduct towards the living systems of which those lands are a part.”
Morris Collin and her husband also claimed that “the power of skin color over the psyche and behavior of Americans influences all public policy, program planning, and implementation” and advocated for “urgently needed environmental reparations.” In April 2022, it was reported that the EPA was spending funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on environmental justice grant projects that had little to do with the pandemic, which in 2021 included a grant to a non-profit for a project that included “tree walks” to “increase awareness and dialogue surrounding inequitable tree canopy cover.