Water crisis in Flint, Michigan

[Action Mike]

Hands down this is the dumbest thing I've read this year

 

[The God Poster]

Sad thing is I see this story nowhere on CNN homepage

 

[agnosticlady]

this should be such a bigger deal. unreal.

SMH and shaking my head at anyone who thinks this is funny

 

[Da King]

 

[Easy-E]

EPA want Water test data going all the wya back to Jan 2013 (per MSNBC)

 

[Rakim Allah]

Right wing white supremacists are trying to blame the crisis solely on the former Black city manager. They can't take accountability for anything.

 

[Big Boda]

Katrina Part 2

black people we all we damn got.

 

[Piff Perkins]

By the fall of 2015, news began coming out of Flint about undrinkable water, kids getting sick and a stonewalling state government. I headed back to Flint for a week. I saw orange water running from a hydrant. I read FOIA'd e-mails that prove the city and state decided not to chemically treat Flint's water, something required in every town, village and city in America. There was the woman whose water tested for lead at a toxic-waste level. This was after officials told her she was nuts, even though her daughter lost chunks of her hair in the shower, while her four-year-old son remained dangerously underweight and his skin became covered in red splotches any time it was exposed to the water. And I met a pediatrician who discovered that the lead levels of kids under five in Flint were dangerously elevated. She became physically ill when a state official called her deluded. I was told that the few million dollars saved by the city on Flint water would now cost hundreds of millions to repair ruined pipes.

Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan?

Disgusting. This is a crime. Also worth noting that while Flint is majority black, it's nearly 40% white. There are a whole lot of whites there. Poor white trash, as some would call them. And these city and state officials don't give one flying fukk.

 

[D-NICE]

Can we get something going like the ice bucket challenge, maybe like a fresh water challenge. Im not even trying to be on some petty "well yall did this and dont care about this" type tip. I legit am trying to figure out how to help these people cause this might be one of the most deplorable things I've seen.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Can't families improvise and boil the snow??

 

[wire28]

Can we get a link to places where brehs can donate?

Edit: I mean like up top on the website.

@cook
@Brooklynzson

I apologize if this question has already been answered, but is there a way to donate water to the city of Flint?

Honestly, I don't trust Red Cross or United Way to use donations for the exclusive benefit of the people of Flint. They have a sketchy track record of using funds for the right purpose when blacks are involved.

Peace

My girl from flint put up a link from cnn but I need to find a source I really trust. I wanna make sure the people that deserve it get the money.

 

[thaKEAF]

I've been wanting to start a collection or something for my city but I'm not sure how I would get the water there?

 

[Da King]

Katrina Part 2

black people we all we damn got.

And with a black president


Didn't make a difference

 

[Easy-E]

Flint doctor's fight to expose lead poisoning - CNN.com
There's a war on poor people.

Woah, I'm not tryna ignore racism. But, this type of stuff happens to the poor and underrepresented all through this country.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]