is there environmental racism in your area?

[ciano]

I am doing a school and personal research project on environmental racism. Looking for factual evidence only-on either side of the fence-your opinion is great-but not what i am looking for here. What I am interested in is specific instances where it is obvious that environmental or economic decisions have been made based on the racial makeup of the area. For example: an affluent white neighborhood gets a higher than proportional amount of funding for road inprovements - or the opposite scenario a minority neighborhood has schools that are run down and underpaid teachers. also-when you send me your info, please give me authorization to use your information, if you want to give your name and/or contact info that is great=if not, thats ok-just put geographic area.

[Octavius]

I worked on a national project where provision for facilities was based upon a formula using Index of Multiple Deprivation. This had nothing to do with race or ethnicity, merely focussed on areas where environmental and social deprivation was most prevalent and which could benefit most from improvement.

I think it would be extremely difficult to isolate and marginalise between affluent white areas and, say, other areas, since modes of deprivation can cover all classes, creed, colour and race. Just because a road gets upgraded in an affluent white area, it doesn�t mean it is because of that. It could be that the existing road may have reached the end of its life-cycle.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/neig hbourhoodrenewal/deprivation/