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The story here is that polluters look for cheap land (and probably proximity to cheap labor) to set up shop. I'm sure racism plays a part in it too though.
by baron816 5y ago
The story here is that polluters look for cheap land (and probably proximity to cheap labor) to set up shop. I'm sure racism plays a part in it too though.
- rayiner 5y agoThat’s literally what “structural racism” means. Policies that were expressly racist (based on prejudice) create conditions where there are racially disparate effects from forces that aren’t expressly racist (prejudiced). Great book on redlining and related issues: https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten.... See chapters 3 and 4.