http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/environmental_justice+hurricane_katrina PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13438 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13438 Issue 13 - Immigration: What it Means for Cities - Winter 2006/2007<br />Wrong Complexion for Protection<br />by Robert Bullard <br />In the real world, all communities are not created equal. If a community happens to be poor, black, or located on the &quot;wrong side of the tracks,&quot; it receives less protection than communities inhabited largely by affluent whites in the suburbs. Generally, rich people tend to take the higher land, leaving the poor and working class more vulnerable to flooding and environmental pestilence. Race maps closely with social vulnerability and the geography of environmental risks.<br />...<br />