1. The EPA and the Office of Environmental Justice
Environmental racism provide[s] benefits for whites while shifting costs to people of color- (60). ... His premise states that busy thoroughfares, factories, and waste sites are "disproportionately located in non-white neighborhoods- (70) because "the most ethnically diverse urban regions [are] trying to attract employers- (70). Friedman continues by tendering the possibility that minorities would relocate to these potentially hazardous sites after permits were issued to ensure employment (69) questions the utility of such vague legislation, concerned that it will encourage industry to "tac...
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