The blogger, Sara, visited Inglewood more specifically Morningside Park. She visited the neighborhoods and often contrasted them with more privileged places such as Rodeo Drive.
I enjoyed reading this post because it focused on the environmental racism that goes on in neighborhoods were the population is largely made up of minority groups. The post was well thought out and offered SimplyMap as evidence to her observations.
Probably the most impacting statement was her closing one:
" [N]oise pollution and a minority group? Looks to me that no wealthy white person would want to live near an airport (which is why you always find them in places like Beverly Hills and Malibu). And while it isn't as bad a toxic waste dumping in a poor community, this still sounds like an environmental (and social) injustice to me."
This is indeed true. Sometimes we don't stop to consider things like noise pollution. The disruption that these noises causes. When considering places such as Inglewood we consider income, ethnicity, race, environmental problem but noise pollution is never on the forefront of our minds.It reminded me of areas such as the South Pasadena suburban area (Last week's post) and how eerily quite it is when compared to the city. Truth is amount noise can have a significant impact on their residents. I know that if I was studying for a final I would rather do it in South Pasadena than in Inglewood.
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