Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Second Edition

Type

Book

Authors

Robert D. Bullard

ISBN 10

0813319633

ISBN 13

9780813319636

Tags

Economics, State & Local, African-American Studies, Sociology, United States, Environmental justice, Racial Justice, Economic Justice, Class

Description

To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the countrys 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 second 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. - from Amzon

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