Blog Entry #6 Enviornmental Justice

The lectures presented to our class about environmental justice on Wednesday were very inspiring. There were so many things that I didn't know about our environment. Racism is not just a social problem, but can also be environmental. We have all been a victim of environmental degradation. However, not all of us have to deal with it. For example, 26 million Latinos live in bad communities. These communities are completely polluted with toxic waste facilities. For example 1/4 African-Americans live in a toxic waste facility. We wonder why this happens. It is because as humans we are greedy. We try to attain power so much that we have no problem suppressing our neighbors. That is why Haiti is still in deep poverty. The world has promised them 8.75 billion dollars yet they have only received 686million. But worse, they have received zero dollars from the United States. We can fix this. EJ Principles are guidelines the community developed for environmental issues of people of color. Other things can be done and we must start now.