An Issue of Race and Class

The right to participate as equal partners at every level of decision making seems like a no-brainer, but it is far from reality for the general population. Indeed, corporations and governments often take decisions without thinking of their disastrous effects on the land and its inhabitants. This issue of environmental injustice is addressed in both “Interstate 93” and “The Natural World”, with the authors expressing their disgust towards the corrupt management of their neighborhoods. Very often, the people most affected are lower class and racial minority communities which have been…