EiJ Concept: Equity
A critical exploration of the concept of equity.
Everyday life between chemistry and landfill: remaking the legacies of industrial modernity
Janine Hauer, M.A. (Researcher), Philipp Baum B.A. (Research assistant)
EnviroInjustice Researchers
Enviornmental injustice researcher's program pages.
Environmental Injustice Concepts
Digital collection of resources for understanding and using critical concepts to characterize and respond to environmental injustice.
Environmental Injustice Reading
Collections of readings that examine and conceptualize environmental injustice.
pece_annotation_1524439912
a.elhamamiThe article addressed public health by showing the people that there are people out there that can not afford to receive necessities such as medicine, proprer housing, etc.
pece_annotation_1524439554
a.elhamami"Child poverty is becoming more concentrated."
"It is no coincidence that the County’s municipalities with the highest child poverty rates are one and the same as the County’s majority-black municipalities. Sixty-three percent of poor families in high child-poverty cities are black."
pece_annotation_1524626022
a.elhamamiAnnotation of
In response to
The author used the census to gather the information needed to back up his argument on why it is important.
pece_annotation_1524626535
a.elhamamiAnnotation of
You can't really control the poverty line because there will always people who fall under the majority income. If everyone had the same amount of money, no one is really rich or poor. If everyone was given a million dollars, the poverty standard would increase along with it. Therefore, coming to a solution towards this problem isn't a one way fix. It is very complicated and has multiple different perspectives that go about it.
pece_annotation_1524439840
a.elhamamiIn response to
There wasn't any references in terms of individuals or organizations. The article focused mainly of statistics.