Do you remember the first time you witnessed a
injustice? Two sociologists go back to the sources of the inequalities of the
climate crisis.
” I can’t breathe ” were the last words spoken by George
Floyd in 2020 […] This sentence can express not only violence
produced by police institutions, policies and decisions
of the State, but also the disproportion of exposure to pollution of
racialized populations.
The book *It’s unfair, *7th book in the Radar collection, by Amélie
Chanez and Anne-Marie Le Saux, will be released on *October 8, 2024*!
*In brief: *Two sociologists passionate about their discipline decide to
use it to explore the case of climate injustices. Allowing
to avoid the trap of disinformation, to confront a biased vision
through our position of privilege and to act concretely through sharing
of initiatives and information on these injustices, the approach
sociological, that of Caroline Dawson, of Jean-Philippe Pleau, not to mention
naming only them seems to be the right way to open eyes to a problem
global.
*About the book*
It is through travel that Amélie Chanez and Anne-Marie Le Saux took
awareness of many inequalities, including environmental injustices.
Their findings: many of our privileges are constraints for
other humans. In addition, in the face of the climate crisis, populations
poor or racialized people are more affected.
If indignation makes them say that “It’s unfair!”, the authors
turn to their paddle of choice: sociology, which they teach at
Cégep de Maisonneuve. In this essay, they bring out human science
from the classroom and apply a critical and mobilizing look at
an unequal world in crisis.
Using poignant examples and interviews with engaged citizens
In their community, the authors invite us to decolonize discourses
on the climate crisis, to consider another way of inhabiting the world and
to consume. Young people are not the only ones concerned about this, people
are already demanding changes in the public square. *That’s unfair!*
the demonstration that it is not too late to turn the tide, but
that we will have to do it together. It is urgent to discuss the issues
environmental and social justice!
*About the authors*
A former social worker and youth leader, *Amélie Chanez* is
Professor of sociology at Collège de Maisonneuve. She is interested in
theories of social engagement, social movements, feminisms and
to decolonization.
*Anne-Marie Le Saux* teaches sociology at the Collège de Maisonneuve. She
collaborated on the social and political review À *bâbord! and *à quelques
collective works including *The rise of our lives: bias for society
and Justice* (2000) and *Women Changing the Struggle (2013)*.
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