- The skill gaps between workers were a representation of racial inequality.

- Along with the racial minorities were living near the industrial pumps causing chemicals to seep into the soil and even the water.

- This topic relates to the colonial times when the Spanish took over what is now known as South America. There were slaves working in the mercury mines exposed to harsh chemicals just like the ethnic minorities were in the factories.

"Although the pollution, fumes, and dusts produced were recognized as deleterious, few safety measures existed for African American workers" (page 26).

Shipyard production created pollution that contaminated surrounding communities in which black workers lived. Minority workers were denied decent housing because of their race, thus forcing them to live in these conditions.

In the videos we watched in class, urban communities lacked access to a clean, green environment. This connects to the reading because they both have amplified exposure to pollutants and environmental hazards since they belong to a minority group.

"minority workmen and women disproportion-ately remained in substandard housing even after the construction of federally funded housing units." In a lot of factory's with minority workers, it was pretty obvious that owners cared more about the work than the actual workers themselves, this led to the workers being able to use hazardous materials outside, letting all the pollution created from the machines to float up into the atmosphere, worsening the enviroment.

Slash and burn from sugarcane negatively impacted the environment due to them destroying many wild areas in order to grow more sugarcane.

on page 10 the reading discusses acetylene torches that would produce toxic fumes and oils that were not only damaging to the minority groups health but also to the surrounding environment. On top of that, pre-fabricated parts were also placed in a way that the toxic fumes they produce, would be caught by the wind and harm only the environment and the surrounding low income neighborhoods.

we made a correlation between this and the mercury mines discussed earlier in this unit. minority workers health and well being were not taken into account and instead the focus was purely on profit and product.

In the writing it talked about how people of color were treated differently and how white people were welcomed to close-shop union yard where as African, Chinese, and Native people were not allowed. Another example is that minority men and women remained in substandard housing even after the construction of federally funded housing units and this exposed them to industrial pollution and urban waste.

In the reading where sugar increased so did the slaves being put to harsher conditions. There were slaves that worked in mercury mines were exposed to harsh chemicals.

Some ways how racial inequalities have been directly linked to environmental inequalities include how the minority groups were working the more hazardous jobs and how they were payed less than their white coworkers. The segregation of housing was also showed how racial inequalities were present in the time and show the diversity of the livelihood of those in the area.

One related example of environmental inequalities from previous lectures include would be the sugar farm and production, the slaves were put in more dangerous conditions this connects to how minority groups were put in dangerous working conditions and were treated differently when compared to the white population when it came to work and other inequalities.