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Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from landfills, ga
Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from landfills, ga
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2022-07-08
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Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from landfills, 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.
More than three decades ago, environmental justice was________.
选项
A、controversial among local activities
B、first proposed by Martin Luther King Jr.
C、fascinating to the civil rights groups
D、barely realized by many environmentalists
答案
D
解析
由题干中的three decades ago和environmental justice可定位到第2段第3句,该句提到,30多年前,许多环境及民权组织还不了解“环境正义”这一概念,故D项符合题意。A项“在当地环保人士中引发争议”,在文中并未被提及,排除。B项是利用Martin Luther King Jr,一词设置的干扰项,文中没有提到环境正义这个概念是由谁提出的。第2段提到“民权组织”也同样不了解此概念,因此C项“对民权组织吸引力巨大”不符合原文,可加以排除。
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