Explain and describe environmental inequality, environmental racism, and environmental justice. Use the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, as an example
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Environmental inequality refers to ways that different groups in society experience uneven exposure to environmental risks and hazards. The people of Flint, Michigan, who were most impacted by the water pollution crisis were those already facing other forms of inequality (e.g., less access to education and income).
2. Environmental racism is a type of environmental inequality. It refers to a type of discrimination where people of low-income or minority communities are forced to live in close proximity to environmentally hazardous or degraded environments (like landfills, toxic waste, pollution, or urban decay). The people affected in Flint were mostly black people and other marginalized groups, indicating environmental racism.
3. Environmental justice is the idea that all groups, people, and communities are entitled to equal protections by environmental health laws and regulations. Environmental justice groups see examples like Flint as evidence of the ways environmental racism needs to be challenged.
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