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Article: Study: African Americans are true U.S. environmentalists
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- Michigan Quarterly Review
- Article date:
- June 28, 2003
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Michigan Citizen
06-28-2003
ANN ARBOR, Mich., - Contrary to commonly held assumptions, African
Americans are as concerned as white Americans - and in some cases more so -
about environmental issues.
Paul Mohai, associate professor at the University of Michigan's School of
Natural Resources and Environment, is the author of a new study, the first
comprehensive examination to date of the environmental concerns, priorities
and actions of African Americans. The study, entitled "Dispelling Old
Myths: African American Concern for the Environment," will be published as
the cover story of the June 2003 issue of Environment magazine.
"The conventional wisdom is that, due to greater concerns about jobs,
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