Summary of Dina Gilio-Whitaker's As Long as Grass Grows

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Environmental justice did not become common vernacular until the early 1980s, but it has been around since the 1960s. In 1982, when a landfill was proposed in Warren County, North Carolina, to accept PCBs, a highly toxic by-product of the chemical industry, it sparked a massive protest.
#2 As the EJ movement grew, so did the research. However, the predominant focus on the effects of siting of noxious facilities provided only a narrow window into how environmental racism played out in communities of color.
#3 The first indigenized environmental justice movement was the 1991 People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, which produced the Principles of Environmental Justice.
#4 The concept of environmental justice was developed in response to the findings by social scientists that racial minority and low-income populations bear a higher environmental risk burden than the general population.

Sujets

• Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669393207
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Dina Gilio-Whitaker's As Long as Grass Grows
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Environmental justice did not become common vernacular until the early 1980s, but it has been around since the 1960s. In 1982, when a landfill was proposed in Warren County, North Carolina, to accept PCBs, a highly toxic by-product of the chemical industry, it sparked a massive protest.

#2

As the EJ movement grew, so did the research. However, the predominant focus on the effects of siting of noxious facilities provided only a narrow window into how environmental racism played out in communities of color.

#3

The first indigenized environmental justice movement was the 1991 People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, which produced the Principles of Environmental Justice.

#4

The concept of environmental justice was developed in response to the findings by social scientists that racial minority and low-income populations bear a higher environmental risk burden than the general population.

#5

Legislative efforts to pass an EJ bill have been ongoing for decades, and have always failed. The court system has also been slow to recognize the limited results of EJ law.

#6

Environmental racism is a difficult term to define, and it is often difficult to prove. It is generally defined as the unequal treatment of environmental hazards based on race. However, some argue that this definition is too narrow, and that it ignores the historic and systemic nature of racism.

#7

The multicultural nature of the American state is capable of recognizing that ethnic and cultural groups have varying interests, and sometimes those interests clash with each other.

#8

Justice, however, is not always defined as a distribution of goods and bads. Some argue that a distributive framework of justice is insufficient, because it doesn’t take into account the social, cultural, and symbolic conditions that lead to poor distribution in the first place.

#9

Indigenous peoples have different understandings of justice, and many barriers exist for them to participate in the governance of environments.

#10

Native nations are inherently sovereign, and federal law has long recognized this. However, the court created a legal framework that governs the tribal-federal nexus that limits their sovereignty.

#11

Environmental justice must be centered around Indigenous issues, and this means it must adhere to principles outlined in decolonizing theories and Indigenous research methodologies.

#12

Indigenous peoples’ connection to their ancestral homelands is what distinguishes them from settler societies. Their cultures and identities are linked to their original places in ways that define them.

#13

The Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, but American Indians were not included in the EPA’s policy schema until 1984. In 1984, the EPA issued its Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations.

#14

The IPWG was no