Environmental racism is a symptom of broader ongoing racial discrimination

Evidence

In this sense, “environmental racism” is not a separate phenomenon at all. Environmental outcomes are instead a manifestation of racially discriminatory practices that continue to exist in our society. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 338

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Frames environmental racism as inseparable from general racial practice, dovetailing with the sacrifice/stratification article’s structural argument.
• XREF: connects to: Market-dynamics siting outcomes remain racist once housing discrimination is factored in — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 336; The single-bad-actor search obscures structural causes of environmental racism — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 97; Questioning why whites reject waste facilities exposed the racial targeting of Tribes — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 609 (+1 more)