Course Project Topic Selection For the Course Project, you will develop an understanding of environmental racism and environmental justice by identifying a local community. Tasks: Define the concept

Course Project Topic Selection

For the Course Project, you will develop an understanding of environmental racism and environmental justice by identifying a local community.

Tasks:

1. Define the concepts of environmental racism and environmental justice.
2. Research examples of environmental racism in America. Suggested examples include hazardous waste landfill, Warren County, North Carolina; Cancer Alley, Louisiana; Flint, Michigan; nuclear waste, Western Shoshone’s Yucca Mountain; and so on.
3. Identify one local example of environmental racism.
4. Develop five sociological research questions particular to the example under study. Some questions to consider are the following.

Assignment:

Your assignment this week is to write a two-page APA paper (not including cover page and reference page; no abstract required) about the issue of environmental justice and racism affecting the local community. You will use the guiding questions provided under tasks to organize your paper. Complete a Reference page where you cite sources and/or websites in APA format.

You will be graded based on the rubric below.