Toxic Communities Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility

The book is written by Dorceta Taylor who discusses how minority groups are faced with environmental hazards. The author argues that the major reason for the exposure to health hazards is racial segregation. In the argument, she draws support from various scholars to come up with various reasons why the minority communities are subjected to such environmental communities. In the book, the author’s major concerns revolve around two controversial claims; hazardous facilities being constructed among minority communities and the extensive exposure faced by the communities. The book explores the reasons that make the minorities to suffer environmental situations around them and the extent to which they alter their lives.