The Faces That Face: Unmasking the Individuals Whose Lives Bear the Burden of Environmental Injustice
Posted by Pulitzer Center on July 30, 2024
This story focuses on a predominantly Black and brown community facing environmental and racial injustice issues as industrial activities pollute the neighborhood’s air, and its residents’ bodies.
Singleton United/Unido’s GAF’s Gotta Go/GAF Vete Ya Campaign is united towards the goal of defending their “basic rights to breathe clean air.” Their mission is the David versus Goliath task of removing the GAF factory from the residential community as, prior to 2022, it was the “largest polluter of Sulfur Dioxide and the 4th largest Particulate Matter polluter in Dallas County.”
West Dallas has a deep environmental history that began during the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Similar to numerous major cities, Dallas underwent industrial development and expansion and became known as the Cement City. Racial segregation served as a fundamental influence in land use policy, impacting residential areas and neighborhood compositions.
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