They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It 'Illegal DEI.'

[Grokenstein]

2. TheGuardian article

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/alabama-raw-sewage-crisis-trump-dei

“We have water and electricity now, it’s just the waste, the raw fluids on the ground. But the little money that me and my wife get is just to take care of our bills, we can’t afford no septic system,” said Willie, a retired janitor with a weak heart and mobility issues. “This might be the richest country in the world, but we’re the little people.”

Here in Alabama’s Lowndes county, a majority-Black county with high levels of poverty and a deep civil rights history, an estimated 60% to 80% of households in rural parts do not have a functioning sanitation system. Authorities have known about the raw sewage crisis for decades, which to some extent affects all 67 counties in Alabama.

In 2025, in the richest, most powerful country in the world, many people are still forced to depend on PVC pipes to funnel parasite-infested wastewater from the bathroom and kitchen into hand-dug trenches, fields or wooded areas metres from where they sleep, play and grow vegetables.

Obscene.