Description: Terrible Thing to Waste : Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind, Paperback by Washington, Harriet A., ISBN 0316509442, ISBN-13 9780316509442, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country--cutting lives tragically short and needlessly burdening our health care system. But these deadly environments create another insidious and often overlooked consequence: robbing communities of color, and America as a whole, of intellectual power. The 1994 publication of The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of a renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray, arguing that IQ is a biased and flawed metric, but that it is useful for tracking cognitive damage. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, using copious data that instead point to a different cause of the reported African American-white IQ gap: environmental racism--a confluence of racism and other institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and insufficient sanitation services. She investigates heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrition, and even pathogens as chief agents influencing intelligence to explain why communities of color are disproportionately affected--and what can be done to remedy this devastating problem"--Dust jacket.
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Book Title: Terrible Thing to Waste : Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Health, Educational Psychology, Discrimination & Race Relations
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Education, Science, Medical
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Author: Harriet A. Washington
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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