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High School student Ahmina James is tired of environmentalism being considered a "white thing." Her new passion is to makie recycling, energy saving, and concieceness about the earth, popular in the black community as well. She wants the world to know that green issues really do have a diverse movement behind them, and its time to hop on the bandwagon.
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High School student Ahmina James is tired of environmentalism being considered a "white thing." Her new passion is to makie recycling, energy saving, and concieceness about the earth, popular in the black community as well. She wants the world to know that green issues really do have a diverse movement behind them, and its time to hop on the bandwagon.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Ahmina James says that "green is the new Black".
OUTRO:This piece was produced by Ahmina James for Youth Radio.
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Posted on June 15, 2011 at 04:07 PM | Permalink
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This piece is inspiring. The format chosen for this story is appropriate and the narration is interesting and conversational(what a great radio voice!), which I believe to be the producer's greatest strength. The topic seems important to Ahmina and in turn, the listener is able to understand her concern. I also appreciated the examples used of the powerful black environmentalist.
While tying the story together with the cliche phrase, "green is the new black" and hoping black can be the new green is somewhat catchy, I often prefer to stay clear of overused sayings.
Great job