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| Systemic Racism Makes Animals Abandon Black Neighborhoods, Researchers Say |
| 2023-02-13 |
| [ZERO] White neighborhoods have greater abundance and diversity of animal life, and Canadian researchers say racism is to blame. "Systemic racism alters the demography of urban wildlife populations in ways that generally limit population sizes and negatively affect their chances of persistence," write the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg's Chloé Schmidt and Colin J. Garroway in a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In a study that examined 39 terrestrial vertebrate species in 268 urban locations across the United States, the researchers found "generally consistent patterns of reduced genetic diversity and decreased connectivity in neighborhoods with fewer White residents." BLUF: In search of a solution, some liberals may reflexively look to busing the animals. Schmidt and Garroway, however, call for "equitably distributing and increasing the amount and connectivity of natural habitat in cities." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Have you seen them together? I wanna Go live there, for real. Call me Bwana, And show me the scene With cheap, vibrant cuisine And a surplus of fat feral fauna. Gawd, I miss Houston. |
| Posted by: Javish Lumplump7499 2023-02-13 20:32 |
| #9 some liberals may reflexively look to busing the animals. What if the animals hate your diversity and run off again to safe white neighborhoods? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-02-13 19:06 |
| #8 "But it's so diverse and vibrant!" (The magic dirt theory strikes again...) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-02-13 17:52 |
| #7 I'm supposed to feel guilty about living in a nice neighborhood? Leave it to the woke to feel guilty. I'm glad to be here and will not apologize for it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-02-13 13:11 |
| #6 Are roaches endemic to systemic racism? And do roaches count in animal diversity? |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-02-13 12:33 |
| #5 In search of a solution, some liberals may reflexively look to busing the animals. That didn't quite work out in Southie in the '70's, did it? |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-02-13 10:25 |
| #4 If you have open hunting season all year long even the 'wildlife' knows its time to move on. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-13 08:04 |
| #3 Becoming even more rare. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-13 07:59 |
| #2 I have to admit I only see black squirrels out in the woods, and then still rarely. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-13 07:56 |
| #1 Preconceived outcomes, with highly selected data, veiled as 'studies'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-02-13 07:37 |