1. The Debate over Environmental Racism and Poverty
... working in the shipyards. The third type of pattern is the type which is most debated over. This pattern consists of toxic waste sites moving themselves into communities of color. (Austin, 1994) The term "environmental Racism" ceased to exist until 1982, when Reverend Ben Chavis realized that the waste sites in Warren County, NC were only there because the citizens in ... likely than others to tolerate pollution-generating commercial development in the hope that economic benefits will inure to the community in the form of jobs, increased taxes, and civic impairments." (Austin, 1994 p. 2...
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