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Racism is Toxic: Cassandra Holmes

Personal tragedy and ancestral resilience drives Cassandra to fight environmental racism.

Aired 05/20/2022

Racism Unveiled

Racism is Toxic: Cassandra Holmes

Special | 6m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

Personal tragedy and ancestral resilience drives Cassandra to fight environmental racism.

Cassandra grew up in an Indigenous community in South Minneapolis plagued by decades of toxic arsenic exposure. She paid the tragic cost of that poisoning when her own child and other young people died of non-congenital diseases. Empowered by her Native community's strong resilience and the love of her ancestors, Cassandra fights to protect her entire neighborhood from environmental racism.

Aired 05/20/2022

Racism Unveiled is a local public television program presented by TPT

Racism Unveiled

Racism is Toxic: Cassandra Holmes

Special | 6m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

Cassandra grew up in an Indigenous community in South Minneapolis plagued by decades of toxic arsenic exposure. She paid the tragic cost of that poisoning when her own child and other young people died of non-congenital diseases. Empowered by her Native community's strong resilience and the love of her ancestors, Cassandra fights to protect her entire neighborhood from environmental racism.

Aired 05/20/2022

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