“These sacrifice zones are manufactured”

An interview with Memphis brothers KeShaun Pearson and Rep. Justin J. Pearson 

Memphis brothers KeShaun and Justin Pearson are community leaders who have become national figures in the movement to stop data centers. They discuss their origins being directly impacted by environmental racism and their family’s efforts to protect their home from the greed of Elon Musk.  

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Learn more about MCAP’s campaign and uneven impacts of the Colossus data center in Memphis.   

Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

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