Reading Responses
Pulido, L. 2000. Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California. Annals of the Association of American Geographers90:1 12-40.
BondGraham, D. 2007. The New Orleans that Race Built: Racism, Disaster, and Urban Spatial Relationships. Souls. 9:1 4-18.
Bullard, R. and Wright, B. 2009. Race, Place, and Environment in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Boulder, Co: Westview Press.
reading attached below
please DO NOT merely summarize the readings but rather consider and engage with their arguments, pose clarifying or analytical questions, and/or discuss the content in relation to other readings and ideas you have encountered in the course and elsewhere in your academic and personal experiences.
200 words
Bullard_Wright_2009_Race_Place_Post_Katrina_New_Orleans_Chapter_1
Pulido_2000_Rethinking_Environmental_Racism_White_Privilege_Urban_Development_AAAG
BondGraham_2007_TheNewOrleansthatRaceBuiltRacismDisasterandUrbanSpatialRelationships
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According to Bullard and Wright (2009), the adverse effects of climate change affect the low income earners and people of color most. The viewpoint is supported by the fact that the African Americans and poor people where the heavily affected when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. Also, it left debris covering a 90,000-square mile disaster in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana compared to just 16-acre area when it hit New York in September 11, 2001. These aspects imply that the governmental and non-governmental agencies are not developing effective measures to mitigate the harsh weather conditions caused by climate change in the areas inhabited by people of color.
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