Monday, November 25, 2019
In reviewing all the research summaries
In reviewing all the research summaries and listening to all the presentations. I came to a conclusion to which area or zip code was most influenced with Environmental Racism. First of all, I would just like to add that Environmental Racism is not just in Poverty and low-income areas. It can also include high-income areas where they do not offer housing for low-income people into their communities. Most of these areas which were presented, had a pretty good outcome, when I say outcomes I mean that a lot of these communities did not have many toxic chemicals released or transferred into other sites, which is a good sign. The area I choose, which I thought had the most Environmental Racism was zip code 90255. The reason I choose this zip code was because this is a community where more then half of the communities population is not even attending school, it is said that 65% of children from K- College are not enrolled in school which leaves only 35% of the community attending school. As far as Race/Ethnicity 87% of the community are Hispanic which make up more then half of the communities population. As far as the communities economy stands more the half of the community makes less then 39,000 a year, in a household. Which is not very much, considering that most of these households include more then 4 people. Now out of those 87% of Hispanics, we are not really clear of how many of these people in this community are actually citizens in the United State, or can obtain jobs legally, which makes me believe that they are probably getting most of their jobs in the fields or where they don't require legal papers for employment. Most of these jobs are below minimum wage level. It makes it hard for these individuals to get ahead in life if only being able to make a certain amount of money and never being able to exceed. Living in a low-income community has it's consequences, that is, because the government do not really...
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