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environmental racism

environmental racism noun: the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, pollution, and ecological degradation on marginalized and low-income communities and especially on people of color, which occurs for example when those communities are disproportionately settled in environmentally hazardous or degraded environments (with toxic waste, urban decay, etc), or when environmentally hazardous undertakings such as landfills or polluting factories are disproportionately placed near marginalized communities.

Noun

environmental racism (uncountable)

  1. The disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, pollution, and ecological degradation on marginalized and low-income communities and especially on people of color, which occurs for example when those communities are disproportionately settled in environmentally hazardous or degraded environments (with toxic waste, urban decay, etc), or when environmentally hazardous undertakings such as landfills or polluting factories are disproportionately placed near marginalized communities.

environmental racism meaning in Tamil

environmental racism in Tamil

சூழல் இனப்பாகுபாடு

Questions about environmental racism

What does environmental racism mean?
Environmental racism means the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, pollution, and ecological degradation on marginalized and low-income communities and especially on people of color, which occurs for example when those communities are disproportionately settled in environmentally hazardous or degraded environments (with toxic waste, urban decay, etc), or when environmentally hazardous undertakings such as landfills or polluting factories are disproportionately placed near marginalized communities.
What is environmental racism in Tamil?
Environmental racism in Tamil is சூழல் இனப்பாகுபாடு. See Environmental racism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is environmental racism?
Environmental racism is a noun.

Words near environmental racism in the dictionary

  1. environmental impact statement
  2. environmental impact statements
  3. environmental migrant
  4. environmental migrants
  5. environmental protection
  6. environmental racism
  7. environmental refugee
  8. environmental refugees
  9. environmental science
  10. environmental sciences
  11. environmental scientist

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