mississippi. i think what we need to focus on is what those immediate needs are that we are taking care of. what is the long term solution? how are we going to bridge that? how are we going to bridge the now and the repair of the facility to make sure that the residents of jackson don t have to suffer any longer? the deal with the fact that they should have never gotten to this point in the first place. it s not like we have not had people for years saying that water facilities were not working. we have another majority black city. i know you cannot get into too much into the politics, when you come across a crisis like the one in jackson, mississippi, how frustrated are you with specific politicians or political systems that allowed the situation to develop to where it? is i know that there has been many years of neglect at
what else do you think congress can do to solve this issue? but also, so black voters don t lose trust in confidence that someone is there to help them. absolutely, let me just say, you mentioned a majority black city, flint michigan, now jackson mississippi. i want to stop and say thank you to president biden for helping usher through it and make it a priority. r througwe made record investmen clean water for our citizens of the united states. it is going to pay off. jackson will be able to utilize some of the funds and some of the money that were passed in the bipartisan infrastructure bill. every republican should have joined democrats in voting for that deal. every republican especially in places like mississippi should have joined democrats in voting for this bill. it is sad that it has taken
thank you, andre, for doing this. first off, i just got back from mississippi, jackson, yesterday, or thursday. and, you know, it was just astounding to see people struggling for the most basic human thing, drinking water. we all know this has been decades in the making. this is happening once again in a majority black city. i believe the population of jackson is 40% black, a quarter of that population living in poverty. we saw this happening in another majority black city, flint, in 2014. how much does race have to do with this? as we know, race and racism plays a lot in where we live, our land use policy, and ultimately our utilities. now, in an ideal sense, infrastructure is shared. it serves as the foundation for economic development for health, for transportation, and many other things.
drinking water in america. i m just curious from your perspective, you are a junior, you re there, what are your thoughts on what happened here? i think that what s happening in jackson right now is what has happened to a lot of other urban cities across the united states and what will continue to happen as environmental racism just runs rampant. it s no secret that the backbone of america was built on racism. and the environment in infrastructure is not excluded from that as well. what s happening in jackson is a complete disregard for the blackest state in the nation. jackson is a majority black city. there has been a lack of action from state officials for years on this issue, for decades. now they re coming in as if they re saving the day when preventive measures could have been put nonpin place a long ti
would want to bathe in that water that we saw in the bathtub. councilman, let me come to you, and no community should have to rely on the water we just showed and not have, you know, reliable, clean, potable water. but i d be remiss if i didn t point out that this is a majority black city, 82% there in jackson. tell me what you re seeing and how this is impacting the people that you represent. yeah, first of all, i appreciate it. look, it is very hard to bear. this is not our first time here. two years ago february we had a winter storm where city of jackson went around four weeks without water, but however, the subjects area, which is the ward i represent went six weeks to seven weeks without any water at all, and since that time there