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Greening the ghetto - Majora Carter

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In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.

How does Carter define “environmental justice,” and what does she mean when she says that residents of environmental justice communities are “the canary in the coal mine”?

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