And people of color have less access to drinking water and modern sanitation and face more environmental pollution. The book calls attention to what Glaude calls a "value gap" in the way one's race is perceived, which leads to valuing white life more than black life. This message was made clear when leaders of the environmental justice movement spoke recently at the joint National Association of Black Journalists - National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention. Bullard, considered the "Father of Environmental Justice," was an expert witness in the first lawsuit filed under the Civil Rights Act in 1979 that charged environmental discrimination. She assists local communities to fight for improved environmental protections through the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2016 21:56 UTC