Benjamin chavis environmental racism statistics
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"Ben Chavis Charges ‘Environmental Racism,&#;" April 23, ; The Charlotte Post, Charlotte, NC
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Ben Chavis Charges “Environmental Racism”
Leveling the charge of “environmental racism”, Dr.
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., executive director of the Commission for Racial Justice of the million member United Church of Christ, declared that their just-released national report showed thar racism may be a factor in the location of hazardous waste sites throughout the United States.
The report, “Toxic Wastes and Race In The United States: A National report on the Racial and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Communities With Hazardous Waste Sites,” was released at a press conference held Wednesday, April 15, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The report revealed that three out of every five African American and Hispanic Americans live in communities with uncontrolled (abandoned) toxic waste sites and that the average number of racial and ethnic persons who live in commu