For history class, I've been instructed to research an environmental issue and to write a 20 page summary of my findings. Appropriately, I've chosen to study Environmental Racism which has now evolved into Environmental Injustice. One reason for the evolution of the title, as I've found, is because the mass dumping of toxic waste is no longer limited to predominantly black communities. Studies actually suggest that the mass dumping of toxic waste became prevalent in "lower" SES communities of which white people are a part of. Thus, there is not much of a race issue as their is a class issue.
For the paper, I'm debating whether to focus on the following topics:
1) The evolution of Environmental Racism to Environmental Injustice
2) The argument that Environmental Racism exists
3)Environmental Racism with a focus on Warren County, North Carolina
I am leaning toward the first point.
