A poor person, a low-income person, somebody in Cancer Alley, somebody in Watts, somebody in Harlem, somebody on an Indian reservation, might say to themselves — and rightfully so — "How can these people be so passionate about making sure that a plastic bottle has a second chance in life, or an aluminum can has a second chance, and yet, when my child gets in trouble and goes to prison, he doesn't get a second chance?" "How can this movement be so passionate about saying we don't have throwaway stuff, no throwaway dead materials, and yet accept throwaway lives and throwaway communities like Cancer Alley?" And so, we now get a chance to be truly proud of this movement.
Una persona con pocos recursos o que viva en el "callejón del cáncer", alguien de Watts, alguien de Harlem o de una reserva aborigen puede, con todo el derecho, preguntarse: "¿Cómo pueden sentir tanta pasión por el reciclaje de una botella de plástico o por darle una segunda oportunidad a una lata de aluminio? Cuando mi hijo se mete en problemas y va a la cárcel, ¡a él sí que no le dan una segunda oportunidad!".