A Terrible Thing to Waste
Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
by Harriet A. Washington
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Climate Change, Science, and Nonfiction.
A "powerful and indispensable book" on the devastating consequences of environmental racismand what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.Did you know...Middleclass AfricanAmerican households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Climate Change, Science, and Nonfiction.
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Jacquelyn Gill
“@SeanEngel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a good book. See also: The Tuskeegee experiments, Project Paperclip, environmental racism, eugenics.”
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