In the late 1960s, the river running through the Ojibwa village of Grassy Narrows in Ontario was poisoned for 50 years by mercury pollution from a local pulp mill. What does this example illustrate?
A) eco-racial discrimination
B) environmental racism
C) racially motivated degradation
D) eco-racial insensitivity

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This example illustrates environmental racism, which refers to the way in which minority group neighborhoods (populated primarily by people of color and members of low socioeconomic groups) are burdened with a disproportionate number of hazards, including toxic waste facilities, garbage dumps, and other sources of environmental pollution and foul odors that lower the quality of life.

In the Late 1960s, the River Running Through the Ojibwa