Dumping in Dixie

Type

Book

Authors

Robert D. Bullard

ISBN 10

0813367921

ISBN 13

9780813367927

LCCN

99053168

OCLC

880681927

Tags

African Americans, Environmental policy, Social conditions, Social Justice, Social surveys, Waste disposal sites, United States, economic aspects, Social classes, southern states, race, Racism, Class, History

Description

To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link environmentalism with issues of social justice. In the third edition, Bullard speaks to us from the front lines of the environmental justice movement about new developments in environmental racism, different organizing strategies, and success stories in the struggle for environmental equity.

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