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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847680460
• ISBN13: 9780847680467
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

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.