Looking at Migration in Los Angeles

Our evaluation showed that ethnicity has a strong correlation with environmental justice problems (H9). This finding is consistent with abundant existing studies, e.g., [7,8,9], revealing that some ethnic minorities are at higher risk of environmental injustice such as SES and health issues, while the White population are at less risk. One can identify severe racial segregation through visual inspection (see Figure 8a–c): most White populations live in areas with less environmental injustice, while Latinx are inequitably impacted by environmental burdens. 

Source: National Library of Medicine

"...I realized there was only one topic I could focus on in this newsletter: environmental injustice. It’s a term that describes how people of color and poor communities have borne disproportionate harm from pollution, and the discriminatory systems that have perpetuated those inequities." (Source: LA Times) 

By Sammy Roth (June 4, 2020)