NJ is the state with the most superfund sites and environmental racism is strong in The Garden State. What is an example of environmental racism in your community? Discuss where it is happening, what’s happening, and who is effected. Reflect on this phenomena and whether or not someone is trying to resolve the issue. What do you think should be done?
Superfund sites in your community can be found on this map:
Search for Superfund Sites Where You Live | Superfund | US EPA
Purpose: A goal in our course that we are going to tackle this week is identifying the conflicts and inequalities in our social structures and institutions. This week, we looked at the environment. The environment is very important, because without the care we need to give to it, our life ceases to exist. However, we are sacrificing it for profit on many levels; while it may not be us per se, our decisions often support the destruction of our planet. The damage we do to our planet disproportionately affects people of color. As part of this assignment, we’ll look at environmental racism in more detail.
After completing this assignment, you should be able to identify an example of environmental racism. You should be able to explain how it is environmental racism. Then, you should be able to discuss where it is happening, what is happening, and who it primarily effects. Finally, you should be able to provide information on whether someone is trying to find justice in this issue and what you think should be done to improve this issue.
Task: Your task is to: (1) Read Chapter 15 of our text (2) Create an initial post of 250 words or more before Friday at 11:59 PM that answers the prompt above. It must be something occurring in your community whether that is a neighborhood, town, city, county, or the state. (3) Connect your ideas to the text by using important key terms and support from theories, ideas, and research found in the text. (4) Reflect on whether or not any advancement has been made. Is justice closer? Why or why not? What should be done? (5) Lastly, before Sunday at 11:59 PM, return to the board. Respond to two classmates in posts of no less than 50 words that reflects on their post.
Criteria: Your assignment will be graded on the following criteria, 4 point for each criteria: (1) Did the the initial post meet the length requirements? (2) Did the initial post discuss an example of environmental racism? (3) Did the post connect to the text and provide a reflection? (4) Did the responses meet length requirements? (5) Did the responses reflect on the original post?
