Southern Illinois town flooded with sewage

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And of course it's political: the town is overwhelmingly poor and overwhelmingly Black.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... e-overflow

Rich white politicians: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!"

Also rich white politicians: *literally refusing to let poor Black people have working sewage systems, keeping them and their children too sick to even attempt any kind of bootstrapping*