In the article Environmental Justice in the 21st century: Race Still Matters, Robert Bullard explains the poor living conditions and the quality of the environment where minorities are located. Bullard touches on the main ideas of clean air, exploitation of land, environment, and people, and global dumping grounds.
Minorities that live in urban areas are at higher risk of asthma because the air is not clean. Bullard states that the “poor people and people of color often work in the most dangerous jobs, live in the most polluted neighborhoods, and their children are exposed to all kinds of environmental toxins on the playground and in their homes” (156). Therefore, blacks are more likely to be affected. It’s sad to think that the government cannot take care of the environment more when it comes to the urban areas. The money the government gets …show more content…
He goes on and explains that if we were to ship hazardous waste from rich communities to poor communities would not be a solution to the increasing problem of global waste. “In the real world, all people, communities and nations are not created equal. Some populations and interests are more equal than others” (165). In the textbook Social Problems written by John J. Macionis he states that people are starting to agree with the statement of “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” I personally agree with this statement because I see and hear about people in my life that work very hard and are still in debt and struggle putting food on the table to feed themselves and their children. There are people on the streets that are unemployed because no one would like to hire them due to the fact that they may be homeless and seem unprofessional. How are the people on the streets supposed to get off the streets with no money? It is definitely hard to break out of your social class and prove this statement
Minorities that live in urban areas are at higher risk of asthma because the air is not clean. Bullard states that the “poor people and people of color often work in the most dangerous jobs, live in the most polluted neighborhoods, and their children are exposed to all kinds of environmental toxins on the playground and in their homes” (156). Therefore, blacks are more likely to be affected. It’s sad to think that the government cannot take care of the environment more when it comes to the urban areas. The money the government gets …show more content…
He goes on and explains that if we were to ship hazardous waste from rich communities to poor communities would not be a solution to the increasing problem of global waste. “In the real world, all people, communities and nations are not created equal. Some populations and interests are more equal than others” (165). In the textbook Social Problems written by John J. Macionis he states that people are starting to agree with the statement of “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” I personally agree with this statement because I see and hear about people in my life that work very hard and are still in debt and struggle putting food on the table to feed themselves and their children. There are people on the streets that are unemployed because no one would like to hire them due to the fact that they may be homeless and seem unprofessional. How are the people on the streets supposed to get off the streets with no money? It is definitely hard to break out of your social class and prove this statement