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Critical Commentary
Use this sketch to analyze media and wikipedia coverage of environmental justice issues in Richmond, California. Also check to see what environmental hazards and problems are mentioned in the Wikipedia article about Richmond, California. Also check the “talk” tab to see if readers have discussed environmental problems.
While these articles won’t provide a comprehensive sense of environmental justice issues in Richmond, it will give you quick insight into the players, their positions and the extent to which a problem is being addressed or ignored.
Once your group has filled in all of the boxes for each article, address the final questions as a group to identify gaps in media coverage and potential actions moving forward.