Strikes me that arguments over whether structural racism "caused" this or that event mirror arguments over whether climate change "caused" this or that event.
Wrote about that way back in 2012. https://grist.org/climate-change/did-climate-change-cause-the-colorado-wildfires/
@drvolts increasingly I think it doesn’t matter whether fossil fuels and other pollution sources are a proximate cause for a specific flood, drought, wildfire, or heatwave.
What matters is, are events like this more likely in the future because of fossil fuels and other pollution sources? On that we have ample evidence.
The current event is relevant because it reminds us that having more of this sort of event is bad. Same pattern on structural racism, etc.
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