debate & controversy
The debate about whether environmental racism exists is between the people and the corporations that own the power plants that are polluting the air in communities inhabited mainly by people of color. Some people know that they are being affected by the pollution while on the other hand the corporations that own the power plants believe they are doing no harm since they are providing people with energy. This ongoing debate only has a winner unless the power plant being targeted gets shut down then the people win, but if they do not get shut down the corporations win because they get to continue polluting the air with no consequences towards them. The following point of views are of a resident living in a community suffering from environmental racism and a corporation that has power plants that are causing the pollution connected to environmental racism.