In the wake of historic climate disasters Kentuckians of color and their allies come together to support impacted commun | dG1fQmJBaER3U0ppNDA
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00:06 >> Going to sleep on the couch in a good mood and waking
00:09 up to what we seen was utterly terrifying.
00:15 >> All of my years, the water had never crossed the road
00:19 and got over to our houses.
00:21 It was unimaginable the damage that had been done by the water.
00:27 >> Coal mining and mountaintop removal has stripped the land
00:31 of vegetation and structure, which led to the increased pooling
00:36 of water that turned streams into rivers within hours.
00:40 >> I was born and raised here, but we left here when I was young.
00:46 And then when I came back here, I had to find work
00:49 and you couldn't find anything to take care of you
00:51 and your child unless you go underground.
00:53 So I went underground and be an underground miner.
00:56 And but the key thing was that every time the media said
01:00 anything or reported anything about Southeast Kentucky,
01:06 there was no images of black folks.
01:10 So she didn't know black folks lived here.
01:12 >> You know, some portions of the community feel
01:15 like they're forgotten about and this still isn't over.
01:18 It's still a struggle.
01:19 It's going to take months, if not several years,
01:23 for things to get back where they were.
01:26 And so for some people, it will never be the same as it was.
01:30 >> There's a stereotypes that we all run into,
01:33 especially I hear things like,
01:35 I know there's black people there.
01:37 And I'm like, yeah, we're here, you know,
01:39 and we're making noise.
01:42 You know, we're going to be seen.
01:42 We're part of the community.
01:43 We have contributed so much to these mountains,
01:45 these mountains that we love.
01:47 So we want to see it grow.
01:49 We don't want to see it die out.
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