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Anti-racist Resources

A guide to anti-racist resources at DU Libraries and beyond.

What is Environmental Racism?

Books

Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States
Carl A. Zimring
Confronting Environmental Racism : Voices from the Grassroots
edited by Robert D. Bullard
Environmental Racism in the United States and Canada
Bruce E. Johansen
Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice
edited by Laura Westra and Peter S. Wenz
Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town
Melissa Checker
A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and its Assault on the American Mind
Harriet A. Washington
Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility
Dorceta E. Taylor
The Wrong Complexion for Protection How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities
Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright

Articles

Climate change, equity and the Sustainable Development Goals: an urban perspective
Diana Reckien, Felix Creutzig, Blanca Fernandez, Shuaib Lwasa, Marcela Tovar-Restrepo, Darryn McEvoy, David Satterthwaite // Environment and urbanization, 2017, Vol.29 (1), p.159-182
Contesting and Resisting Environmental Gentrification: Responses to New Paradoxes and Challenges for Urban Environmental Justice
Hamil Pearsall, Isabelle Anguelovski // Sociological research online, 2016, Vol.21 (3), p.121-127
Disease and Health Inequalities Attributable to Air Pollutant Exposure in Detroit, Michigan
Sheena E. Martenies, Chad W. Milando, Guy O. Williams, Stuart A. Batterman // International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017-10-19, Vol.14 (10), p.1243
Inequity Measures for Evaluations of Environmental Justice: A Case Study of Close Proximity to Highways in New York City
Jerry O. Jacobson, Nicolas W. Hengartner, Thomas A. Louis // Environment and planning. A, 2016, Vol.37 (1), p.21-43
Race, Income, and Environmental Inequality in the United States
Liam Downey, Brian Hawkins // Sociological perspectives, 2008-12, Vol.51 (4), p.759-781
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Air Pollution Health Risk: Does Environmental Exposure Matter?
Jayajit Chakraborty, Timothy Collins, Sara Grineski, Alejandra Maldonado // International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017, Vol.14 (2), p.116
Racial Inequality in the Distribution of Hazardous Waste: A National-Level Reassessment
Paul Mohai, Robin Saha // Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.), 2007, Vol.54 (3), p.343-370
Urban Environmental Justice Indices
John Harner, Kee Warner, John Pierce, Tom Huber // The Professional Geographer, 2002-08-01, Vol.54 (3), p.318-331
US Metropolitan-area Variation in Environmental Inequality Outcomes
Liam Downey // Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2016, Vol.44 (5-6), p.953-977
Wiped Out by the “Greenwave”: Environmental Gentrification and the Paradoxical Politics of Urban Sustainability
Melissa Checker // City & society, 2011, Vol.23 (2), p.210-229

Films

Beyond Recognition - Women Preserving Native Culture
Come Hell or High Water : The Battle for Turkey Creek
Robert Bullard: How Environmental Racism Shapes the US
Amanpour and Company interview with Robert Bullard, via pbs.com. Dr. Bullard is widely considered the father of environmental justice.
Urban Roots