A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind

Harriet A. Washington

368 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction race science challenging informative slow-paced
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A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.Did you know...Middle-class African American households wi...

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