Environmental visibility and remediation access are distributed unequally by race, class, and globalization

Evidence

But his response is differently inflected, given that all the disasters he summons to mind had indeed been concentrated in a single community. The problem he tackled, moreover, was one Carson never addressed directly: how some afflicted communities are afforded more visibility—and more access to remediation—than others through the mechanisms of globalization, environmental racism, and class discrimination. This discriminatory distribution of environmental visibility—intranationally and transnationally—lies at the heart of Sinha’s fictional endeavor. — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 175

Categorization

• XREF: Core to the eco-justice strand — environmental racism determining which victims register; ties to ch4’s witness and ch9’s who counts as a pollution victim. — connects to: Economically marginalized people bear disproportionate air pollution and asthma burdens — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 213; Some communities are treated as more expendable under global environmental racism — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 156; Racialized structures distribute resources and access by race — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1828 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Racialized structures distribute resources and access by race #expands (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1828
• Class and unequal political power also drive where environmental harms land #corroborates (0.88) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 209
• Environmental racism is a symptom of broader ongoing racial discrimination #expands (0.82) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 338
• Environmental inequality is a sociohistorical process spanning production and consumption #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 202
• Distributive environmental justice requires equal treatment across race, class, and education. #qualifies (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 211
• Global environmental justice movements target misrecognition, exclusion, and incapacity alongside inequity #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 298
• Analyzing environmental racism requires structural, procedural, and normative frames jointly #expands (0.80) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 334
• Global capitalism’s outcomes are best analyzed through difference rather than race alone #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1152
• Racial inequality does not rest only with discriminating individuals #corroborates (0.78) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 155
• The single-bad-actor search obscures structural causes of environmental racism #expands (0.75) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 97
• Misrecognition and political exclusion structurally block poor communities’ participation in environmental decisions #expands (0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 248
• Environmental justice comprises recognition and participation as well as distribution #expands (0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 12