Faces of Environmental Racism

By Laura Westra

Book Overview

Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847680460
• ISBN13: 9780847680467
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 1.1" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Presentation of the reality of Environmental Racism

In this collection of works, Westra and Wenz present some of the shocking realities of enviromental racism in today's global environment and force the reader to explore the existence of environmental racism, even in our own back yards. Further, this collection forces the reader to examine the fundamental moral issues behind the prinicpal of enviromental racism. The examples given expose large corporations and how these big businesses exploit poor minority groups and the neighbourhoods in which they live. An excellent read about the moral and ethical issues of global justice.