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Nothing is ever black and white on a plantation Original

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By Jo Banner
| The Lens Verified
Plantations may seem like a black and white issue, but they never truly are. What appears black and white quickly blurs into gray—gray created by intertwined bloodlines, complex storylines, and centuries of omission. At the heart of that gray space are descendants of the enslaved, like myself, caught in the middle of it all. The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the complexities we navigate to uncover the truth of our history.
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Ending pollution and health harms from plastics

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By Megan Deeney, Joe Yates, Jo Banner, Suneetha Kadiyala
| The BMJ Verified
Intended for healthcare professionals News & Views Ending pollution and...
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Frontline communities of color fighting for environmental justice won’t wait on Biden much longer

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By Jo Banner
| TheGrio Verified
Featured Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There are new headlines every few days highlighting the health effects of microplastics, those insidious fragments of debris that infiltrate our food, our organs and even our breastmilk. In policy report after report we are presented with facts and figures — Did you know Americans consume a “staggering amount” of microplastics?
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