Environmental and minority rights are simultaneously invocable markers of universal marginalization

Evidence

Saro-Wiwa discovered that “in virtually every nation-state there are several ‘Ogonis’—despairing and disappearing peoples suffering the yoke of political marginalization, economic strangulation or environmental degradation, or a combination of these.” The parallel tracks of Saro-Wiwa’s self-education had finally converged. From 1992 onward, the combined appeal to minority and environmental rights became fundamental to the MOSOP campaign. — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism
, 315

Categorization

  • XREF: Echoes the reader’s recorded claim about micro-minorities analogizing their cause (Ch21). — connects to: Linking minority to environmental rights required active cross-border strategy and travel — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism
, 315; Integration benefits minorities most and marginalization harms them most; Ethnic and racial migrants must mobilize collectively to counter marginalization — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 133

Broader Connections