Preface and Intro p. 1-18

The story of Kettleman City seems to reflect the mentality of many corporations and government motives today. It is a sad reality, but one that people need to become more aware of if we want to do anything about it. Environmental racism and injustice is a fairly new term to me. I think I have been subconsciously aware of it for a while now but never tried to articulate it in my mind. I have always known that big bad corporations target people who have nothing. In story of stuff they talk about how companies destroy peoples natural resources and force them to work in factories. Kettleman city is a similar concept, but with a slightly different take. Different people's are not effected equally by environmental degradation. In the future things will equal out because all ecosystems are connected, but we have to think about the immediate future as well. Unfortunately many people making these decisions are able to avoid immediately being effected by environmental consequences, and are not as concerned how they effect others.