Environmental justice is quite a thought process that truly depicts a different angle on environmental thinking. We shift from focusing solely on animals, plants and earth and turn the attention towards ourselves. The attention switch helps people see how class truly does affect how people are seen and treated. The fact that we continue to be blind in this aspect and not do anything about it shows our true ignorance in working towards a more “equal” standing.
Keeping trash dumps and harsh company factories by “low class” living areas just exacerbates the issue at hand. What we end up realizing is normal persons cannot do much about the situation. Businesses and money ultimately decide where the factories and trash dumps end up, and since “low class” developments are usually cheaper than “high class” areas, why not build there? From a business standpoint, that just makes sense! But the issues will always be there. There has never been a situation where a business has built a new complex and literally everyone was happy. Case in point: The new Wal-mart of St. Cloud originally caused a bit of customer outcry because of how far the new building was going to be built (and actually was built). Many people who don’t own vehicles find it to be more of a hassle and with the amount of money they have they can’t afford a vehicle. Wal-mart is a place where they can shop with the money they make and moving their main place of grocery shopping creates a larger hassle for them. Sure, Wal-mart may be much, much larger now, but some consumers are not happy with the change.
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