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While executive actions from the White House can help to tackle environmental racism and bring the issue into the national conversation, eliminating the existence of sacrifice zones beyond a presidential term requires strong legislation from local, state, and federal lawmakers.
Some say Fort Worth’s Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of pollution as the city grows.
Echo Heights, one of the city’s predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, is worse than 91 percent of the country for proximity to hazardous waste. The ZIP code’s average life expectancy in 2019 was just 73.4 years, well below the average for the county.
Previewing the South Texas Justice40 Symposium that takes place at TAMIU on Aug. 3.