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Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, g
Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, g
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2015-04-18
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Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, garbage dumps, petrochemical plants, refineries, bus depots, and the list goes on. For years, residents watched helplessly as their communities became dumping grounds.
But citizens didn’ t remain silent for long. Local activists have been organizing under the mantle of environmental justice since as far back as 1968. More than three decades ago, the concept of environmental justice had not registered on the radar screens of many environmental or civil rights groups. But environmental justice fits
squarely
under the civil rights umbrella. It should not be forgotten that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis on an environmental and economic justice mission in 1968, seeking support for striking garbage workers who were underpaid and whose basic duties exposed them to environmentally hazardous conditions.
In 1979, a landmark environmental discrimination lawsuit filed in Houston, followed by similar litigation efforts in the 1980s, rallied activists to stand up to corporations and demand government
intervention
.
In 1991, a new breed of environmental activists gathered in Washington, D. C. , to bring national attention to pollution problems threatening low-income and minority communities. Leaders introduced the concept of environmental justice,
protesting
that Black, poor and working-class communities often received less environmental protection than White or more affluent communities. The first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit effectively broadened what " the environment" was understood to mean. It expanded the definition to include where we live, work, play, worship and go to school, as well as the physical and natural world. In the process, the environmental justice movement changed the way environmentalism is practiced in the United States and, ultimately, worldwide.
Because many issues identified at the inaugural summit remain unaddressed, the second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit was convened in Washington, D. C. , this past October. The second summit was planned for 500 delegates; but more than 1,400 people attended the four-day gathering.
" We are pleased that the Summit II was able to attract a record number of
grassroots
activists, academicians, students, researchers, planners, policy analysts and government officials. We proved to the world that our movement is alive and well, and growing," says Beverly Wright, chair of the summit. The meeting produced two dozen policy papers that show powerful environmental and health disparities between people of color and Whites.
The new breed of environmental activists differed from the previous activists in that______.
选项
A、they noticed environmental disparities between the rich and the poor
B、they cried for government intervention in saving the environment
C、they knew what "the environment" really meant to the White people
D、they practiced environmentalism outside as well as within the U. S.
答案
D
解析
根据文中第四段的内容“In the process,the environmental justice movement changedthe way environmentalism is practiced in the United States and,ultimately,worldwide.”可知,在这个过程中,环境保护运动在全世界范围展开,而不是局限在美国。所以D项符合题意。A项“他们注重穷人和富人之间环境差别”,B项“他们恳求政府干预,拯救环境”,C项“他们知道环境对白人真正意味着什么”,这三项都不符合题意。
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