This is actually three articles in one.
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Research Roundup: More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
By Diverse staff reports
Feb 27, 2007, 06:10
More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
New research from the University of Michigan shows that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately placed in poor, minority neighborhoods.
Dr. Paul Mohai, a professor in UM?s School of Natural Resources and Environment, is the lead author of the study, called ?Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty 1987-2007, Grassroots Struggles to Dismantle Environmental Racism in the United States.? He says minorities are living in the areas where hazardous waste facilities have decided to locate.
The report suggests that demographic changes that began before the hazardous waste sites were selected continued afterwards.
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Blacks Mistrust New Voting Technology, Says Survey
A new survey conducted by Texas Southern University shows that most Blacks in Harris County, Texas, mistrust new voting technologies.
According to Dr. Franklin Jones, head of TSU?s political science department, the poll results were not surprising given the recent history of the relationship between the Republican Party and Black voters in Harris County and the historic relationships between Blacks and the Democratic Party.
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Research Roundup: More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
By Diverse staff reports
Feb 27, 2007, 06:10
More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
New research from the University of Michigan shows that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately placed in poor, minority neighborhoods.
Dr. Paul Mohai, a professor in UM?s School of Natural Resources and Environment, is the lead author of the study, called ?Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty 1987-2007, Grassroots Struggles to Dismantle Environmental Racism in the United States.? He says minorities are living in the areas where hazardous waste facilities have decided to locate.
The report suggests that demographic changes that began before the hazardous waste sites were selected continued afterwards.
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Blacks Mistrust New Voting Technology, Says Survey
A new survey conducted by Texas Southern University shows that most Blacks in Harris County, Texas, mistrust new voting technologies.
According to Dr. Franklin Jones, head of TSU?s political science department, the poll results were not surprising given the recent history of the relationship between the Republican Party and Black voters in Harris County and the historic relationships between Blacks and the Democratic Party.
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