ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND ITS PERSISTENCE
A THREAD:
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1)“Environmental Racism refers to any policy or practice that differentially affects and disadvantages individuals based on race or color, including exclusionary and restrictive practices that limit participation by people of color in decision-making boards,-

2) commissions and regulatory bodies”(R.D Bullard). Communities that are predominantly low-income and POC populated have continually been forced to endure the brunt of the nation's air, water, and waste problems. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40923229.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Af8ee469fb01458aceed3d968ab124f98

3) The evidence of this phenomenon can be traced back for decades, yet it wasn't until the late 1980s to the early 1990s that key players such as the #EPA decided to acknowledge it. In 1988 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in its report to congress fo-

4) und that within families earning less than 6k annually, 68% of African-American children had lead poisoning, the number one environmental health problem in children, compared with 36% for white children. Furthermore, in families exceeding 15k annual income, 38% of African-

5) American children were reported to have lead poisoning in contrast to 12% of white children.

6) So what's keeping marginalized groups in these communities infested with toxic waste sites? #EnvironmentalRacism #EnvironmentalJustice

7) One substantial factor is redlining, however, similarly another theory entitled the “dual housing model” suggests that “Whites not only preempt the best housing in urban centers but monopolize new construction in suburbia as well”(T. Dorceta)

8) This process upheld by realtors and financial corporations relinquishes the properties that are no longer desirable by Whites to minority groups; Due to their control over housing information and funds, they are able to effectively keep areas sectioned off into “White” and-

9) “minority” communities. Furthermore, the effects of discriminatory zoning laws such as the Black Migration deliberately intended to restrict minorities’ housing options are still palpable today. https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/1tlbvbe/jstor_books_chapj.ctt9qg1v9.9