The second question that comes to mind when we discuss what is right and what is wrong about the environment through the lens of racism is whether or not we have a greater obligation to our immediate species as opposed to humanity as a whole, or even the entire biosphere as a whole. This can be directly related to the previous question regarding resource distribution. Is it right for a group to accumulate as many resources as possible to ensure they continue to thrive and not diminish in any way? If we once again accept equality as the ultimate goal, the answer is no. Not only is it unfair for a group to deliberately hoard resources, but it is unfair for a group to know that there is another group suffering from a lack of resources and to refrain from providing assistance to that suffering group. Peter Singer, in his article “One Community” makes this point through an anecdotal situation that applies well here. I asked the reader to imagine that on my way to give a lecture, I pass a shallow pond. As I do so, I see a little girl fall into it and I realize she is in danger of drowning. I could have easily reached in and taken it out, but that would have gotten my shoes and pants wet and muddy. I would need to go home and change, I would have to cancel class, and my shoes might never recover. However, it would be grotesque to allow such trivial considerations to override the good of saving a child's life. Saving the child is what I should do, and if I go to the conference, no matter how clean and dry and punctual it may be, I have done something gravely wrong (95). This story illustrates that if one has the power to do so, it is wrong to refrain from helping someone else. Identity should have no deterrent role… middle of paper…resources are unfairly distributed, with whites having more access to positive resources and blacks having more access to environmental crises, equality is the best solution. This means that, ultimately, access to resources must be equitable, requiring white, wealthy communities to shoulder greater environmental crises while black, poor communities shoulder more positive environmental resources. It also means that white communities will have to make sacrifices to ensure Black communities have access to resources. Absolute equality may not be the answer to everything. Absolute income equality, cultural equality, or class equality, for example, would result in a disastrously boring and redundant world. The environment, however, is different. Every living human being has the inherent right as a living being on this Earth to absolutely equal access to its resources, blind to any considerations of race.