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Title: Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality by Robert D. Bullard ISBN: 0-8133-6792-1 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent background for ecological justice movement
Comment: Dumping in Dixie is far more complex than the title implies. The book provides a detailed history of why the ecological movement failed to resonate with many disadvantaged groups, in particular, the African-Americans in the South. Participation was co-opted in part by lack of resources, and also by economic pressures. The threat of exit was effectively used by corporations that did not want to be subjected to restrictions on polluting activities. Business leaders quashed activism on the grounds that precious jobs would be lost. It was not until the 1990's that African-Americans became more involved.
Initially, the environmental movement was populated by the more affluent white American who seemed to be more concerned with the preservation of nature and clean space for leisure activities. Other motivations were less clear, and emerged with the maturity of the movement. Bullard details this history well. The only failing I found was the end of the book that tails off into solutions that seem impractical.
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