Environmental racism: What is it and why does it still exist?
By definition by Green Action, environmental racism is referred as: “The institutional rules, regulations, policies, government, and/or corporate decisions that deliberately target certain communities for locally undesirable land uses and lax enforcement of zoning and environmental laws, resulting in communities being disproportionately exposed to toxic and hazardous waste based upon race.” In 1982, Benjamin Chavis, […]
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