Question

The term environmental describes the practice of minority neighborhoods being used as hazardous waste sites.

A) Legalism
B) Oracism
C) Patterns
D) Justice

Answer 1

Environmental racism refers to the way in which minority group neighborhoods are burdened with a disproportionate number of environmental hazards.

Step-by-step explanation:

Environmental racism refers to the way in which minority group neighborhoods (populated primarily by people of color and members of low socioeconomic groups) are burdened with a disproportionate number of hazards, including toxic waste facilities, garbage dumps, and other sources of environmental pollution and foul odors that lower the quality of life. This can occur due to unsafe or unhealthy work conditions where no regulations exist (or are enforced) for poor workers, or in neighborhoods that are uncomfortably close to toxic materials.