Environmental Racism In America

The nature people are surrounded by impacts their daily lives. Some people think that Environmental Racism is harsh, horrible, and terrible. But others think that the effect of it for them is worth it, great, marvelous, and magnificent. Environmental Racism is something that affects blacks, minorities, and low income people around the world everyday.

Around the world, lots of people are being affected by this issue. According to box 1, “separate residential limits or districts for white and negro residents.” This shows that, the U.S minorities have been placed in separate areas for a long time as noted in the article. According to box 8, “poor countries demanded $100 billion a year because of double trouble. This shows that, poor minorities aren’t getting the amount of money they’re in need of. Last but not least, in box 14, “ The issue is not black and white people though, studies show higher than average black populations near toxic exposure sources. Basically, I’m not prepared to say that there is a racism problem or a low income in minority neighborhoods.

For years, maybe centuries, many people around the world have been affected by this issue. In 1992, the county said “race had nothing
According to box 4, “In pensacola a superfund site abuts a play area where most of the children are blacks.” This shows that, it shouldn’t be only black people going to this playground next to this superfund site. Also, around the time of March 31, 2014, “rich countries can’t afford to deal with poor countries.” This shows that, rich countries argue $100 billion a year is not realistic on a demand. Last but not least, according to box 2, page 1, paragraph 3. there were “garbage transfer stations nobody wanted near the predominately black harlem neighborhood.” This shows that, things like garbage depts and toxic waste sites tend to be located in black and hispanic areas like