This chapter is about environmental justice. This chapter discusses Camden and the conditions on pollution and brownfield sites. This did not surprise me as I used to live about 20 minutes away from Camden, and have seen the conditions that that city is in. With garbage and run down vacant lots everywhere. I always knew it as a dangerous run down town with a nice area for concerts and an aquarium. So it was not surprising to me that Belton has brought up Camden in this book.
It was upsetting to read that the state uses its power to displace families. Although this may not have been the intention, the state used the power of eminent domain to take property away from people, forcing them and their families to move. It is upsetting because Camden is a poor area to begin with, and to take away property from families that may not have a lot leaving them to find other places to live is unfair. I never realized that the state necessarily had this kind of power and it is concerning that these types of things can be happening.
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