This article examines the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous roots of American environmentalism, and the ways that these attitudes and ideas have influenced, and continue to influence, global conservation practices. Most notably, the article examines the ways that these ideas are embedded in longstanding prejudices against local communities and a focus on protecting pristine wildernesses. This dominant narrative pays little thought to Indigenous Peoples and local communities who rely on these lands \u2013 even when they are its most effective stewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This article examines how American environmentalism has racist roots against Black and Indigenous people. It discusses how these ideas have spread globally, resulting in “protecting the pristine environment” rather than focusing on supporting the local communities that have been the most effective stewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2339,2803],"tags":[3397,4020,3532,4125],"class_list":["post-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colonial-conservation","category-resource-fr","tag-colonialism-fr","tag-colonization-fr","tag-dispossession-fr","tag-environmentalism-fr"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t