Environmental Racism

Watch this video on environmental racism and the higher exposures poor and minority neighborhoods have to toxic environmental hazards. Local and global corporations dump their toxic waste and other pollutants in poorer areas because they face less political opposition. Research shows that people who live in these communities experience higher levels of cancer and respiratory diseases.

 


Source: Sociology Live!, https://youtu.be/OPB5RzReiIY
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