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White supremacy vs white privilege in environmental racism research

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ID11950344
AuthorsLucila Pulido (0000-0002-8450-8711, corresponding author), Laura Pulido (University of Southern California)
Year2015
Volume39
Issue6
Pages809-817
Publication date2015-01-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0309132514563008
OpenAlexW2051285472
LanguageEN
Citations received181
References cited25

In this report I compare two forms of racism: white privilege and white supremacy. I examine how they are distinct and can be seen in the environmental racism arena. I argue that within US geographic scholarship white privilege has become so widespread that more aggressive forms of racism, such as white supremacy, are often overlooked. It is essential that we understand the precise dynamics that produce environmental injustice so that we can accurately target the responsible parties via strategic social movements and campaigns. Using the case of Exide Technologies in Vernon, California, I argue that the hazards generated by its longstanding regulatory noncompliance are a form of white supremacy

Criminology · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Ethnic group · Inequality · Injustice · Political science · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Racism · Scholarship · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · White supremacy · American Environmental and Regional History · Anthropology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law

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