Stretesky and Hogan on Environmental Justice

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This is a brief response paper to the paper "Environmental Justice: An Analysis of Superfund Sites in Florida" by Stretesky and Hogan. The paper discusses the effects of the research and whether or not it supports the conclusions drawn by the authors. The paper concludes that while interesting and significant in other ways, their conclusions are not adequately supported.

From the Paper:

"In this paper Stretesky and Hogan report their findings about racial and economic relationships with Superfund sites in Florida. They found that areas with higher percentages of black and Hispanic people would lead to statistically significant higher chances of there being a Superfund toxic waste site within the area. Their findings also indicated that the reason for the higher percentages of non-whites is due to indirect discrimination as opposed to direct discrimination on the part of the white society. There are some problems with the conclusions drawn by Stretesky and Hogan, although their research is very interesting. One of the primary problems is that although they indicate that there is a relationship between the racial makeup of the people in the areas on and around the Superfund sites, they do not provide adequate information about the origins of the toxic waste."

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