Blog: Stanford researchers discuss how the Biden administration can address environmental justice
With racism in the public eye and the pandemic wreaking havoc on vulnerable populations disadvantaged by ecological hazards, the need to ensure environmental justice has become more apparent – and more important – than ever… Race affects class. Class then affects your options. It’s more of a human rights issue today than a civil rights issue. When you broaden it to human rights, then we’re talking about a wide variety of things that affect the opportunities open to people as people, not as citizens: Do we have a right to clean water? Do we have a right to decent housing? Do we have a right to an environment free of pathogens?