Question.2525 - For the final paper, you must respond to the prompt below. Your 6-8 full-page paper should cite our assigned class material. In your final paper, I want to see how you can take all the information you have learned over this semester and apply it to the text As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock. You have acquired a wealth of knowledge and awareness regarding environmental justice. As such, you have a responsibility going forward to educate others who do not know as much as you have learned. This essay is an opportunity to display all you have learned. I am more than happy to look at drafts before the due date! Paper Prompt For this paper, I want you to connect the novel As Long As Grass Grows to themes we have been exploring in this class. I would like your final essay to be a reflection paper on all you have learned in this class regarding environmental justice and public policy. Writing your reflective essay will help you pull together what you have learned. This essay of your reflections should draw on what we have covered in class, but it should be centered primarily on As Long As Grass Grows. Some guiding questions: 1) How does the book examine environmental justice from an Indigenous perspective? 2) What is meant by the terms environmental justice and environmental racism? 3) Who is affected by environmental racism and how are they affected? 4) What are the major themes you have seen in this class and how can you apply them to the book? *You have some liberties with a reflection paper, but please remember this is also an academic essay and I require you to adhere to an academic writing style. Paper Format and Guidelines Font: Times New Roman Font Size: 12 points Margins: 1 inch on all sides Line Spacing: Double/except quotes Format: Use any style you are familiar with Indicate Page Numbers Include Bibliography *Use the following header, single-spaced in the left-hand corner of the first page: Name ETHS 304 Date Required Sources/Citations You are also required to cite the material from our class within your paper. Show me where you are drawing your information from. Please cite our class materials within this paper. See PowerPoint regarding writing papers. Citing one article will not suffice in this paper. You must2include anywhere from 6-10 of our reading materials and films outside of citing As Long As Grass Grows. Please proofread your paper! Typographical and grammatical errors will adversely affect your grade. If the paper assignment does not follow what is requested of you, points will be docked.LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!
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Reflection xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xx a xxxxx is xxxx extensive xxx rapidly xxxxxxx Dina xxxxxxxxxxxxxx in xxx book xx long xx the xxxxx grows xxx Indigenous xxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxx colonization xx Standing xxxx makes x strong xxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx people xx the xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxxxx The xxxx explores xxx history xx treaty xxxxxxxxxx food xxxxxxxxx and xxxxx security xxx protection xx sacred xxxxx thereby xxxxxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx women xx their xxxxxxx long xxxxxxxx against xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx intrusions xxxxxxx calling xxx need xxx new xxx innovative xxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxx policies xxx book xxxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxxx to xxx in xxx unique xxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx of xxxxxx sovereignty xxxxxxxxxxxxx racism xxx be xxxxxxxxx as xxx disproportionate xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx pollution xx racial xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx racism xxxxxx forth x high xxxxx of xxxxxxxxx exposure xxx people xx color xxx a xxx level xx environmental xxxxxxxx enjoyed xx them xxxxxx amp xxxxx This xx turn xxxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx relationship xxxxxxx high xxxxxxxxx exposure xxx people xx color xxx the xxx level xx environmental xxxxxxxx enjoyed xx them xxxxxxxx towards xxxxxxxxxxxxx inequality xxxxxxxxxxxxx inequality xxxxxxxx environmental xxxxxxx based xx class xxxxxx immigration xxxxxx and xxxxx interconnectedness xxxx these xxxxxxx Environmental xxxxxxx therefore xx the xxxxxx movement xxxx serves xx a xxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx racism xxx environmental xxxxxxxxxx Environmental xxxxxxxxx does xxx constitute xxxx oneOsman xxxxxxx event xxxxxx or xxxxxx rather xxxx emanate xxxx a xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx social xxx economic xxxxxxxxxxxx leading xx and xxxxxxxxxx beyond xxx contested xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx injustice xxxx are xxxxxx a xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx taken xx parties xxxx as xxxxxxxxxx federal xxxxx and xxxxx residents xxx workers xxx points xxxxxxx recognition xx disparities xxxxxxx people xxxxxxx calling x need xxx equality xxxxxx amp xxxxx The xxxx As xxxx as xxxxx Grows xx framed xx two xxxx One xxxxx involves x broad xxxxxxxxxx narrative xxxx helps xxx readers xx understand xxx consequences xx environmental xxxxxxxxx keeping xx frame xx colonialism xxxxxx is x contemporary xxxxx that xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx Standing xxxx with xxxxxx movements xxxxx at xxxxxxxxx environmental xxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxx communities xxx book xxxxxx in xxx backdrop xx conflicts xxxxxxxxx over xxxxxx Access xxxx Line xxx first xxxxxxx of xxx book xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx the xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with xxxxxxxxx struggles xx indigenous xxxxxx over xxxxxxxxxxx rights xxx the xxxxx of xxxxx sovereignty xxx author xxxx wants xxx political xxxxxx to xx broadened xxxx just xxxxx considered xxxxxxxx differences xxx be xxxxx similar xxxxxxxxxxx as xxx other xxxx of xxxxxxxxx This xxxxx result xx broadening xxx vision xxx mission xx legal xxxxxxxxx framework xx environmental xxxxxxx law xxxxx would xxxxxxxxxxx identify xxx point xx political xxxxxxxxxxx arising xxxxxxx tribes xxx states xxxxx to xxxxxxxx differences xx the xxxx time xxxxx issues xxx their xxxxxxxx cannot xx just xxxxxxxxxx under xxxxxx or xxxxxxxxxx towards xxxxx people xxx environmental xxxxxxxx and xxx policy xxxxxx have xxxxxx been xx the xxxxxxxx of xxx white xxxxxx class xxx homogeneous xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxx policy xxxxxxxxxx acts xx a xxxxxxx to xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxx Simms xxx call xx the xxx is xx achieve xxxx diversity xx the xxxxx of xxxxxxxx makers xxxxxxxxxx at xxx federal xxx state xxxxx to xxxxxx genuine xxxxxxxx thereby xxxxxxxx biases xxxx have xxxx historically xxxxxxx yet xxxx unrecognized xx classic xxxxxxxxxxxx Simms xxxxx The xxxxxxxxxxx do xxx just xxx confined xx race xxxxxx encompasses xxxxxx ethnic xxx economic xxxxxxxxx Hence xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxxx finds xxx source xx deficiencies xxxxxxxxxx to xxx following xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxx adequate xxxxxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxx and xxxx Inequality xxx disproportional xxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx Restriction xx minority xxxxxx in xxx environmental xxxxxxxx making xxxxxxx Simms xxxxx restrictions xxx unfair xxxxxxxxxxxxxx in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx restrict xxx rights xx indigenous xxxxxx in xxx US xxx the xxxxx lies xxxx the xxxxxx in xxx book xxxxxxxx genocide xx chapter xxx author xxxxxx explores xxx themes xx genocide xxxxxxx and xxxxxx relocation xx explain xxxx of xxx tragedies xxxx people xxx to xx through xxxxxxx illustrating xxxx Walk xxx the xxxxx of xxxxx Pomo xx Northern xxxxxxxxxx and xxx Paiutes xx Southern xxxxxx Thus xxxxx is x clear xxxx of x robust xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxxxx which xxxxxxx tool xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx specifically xxxxx at xxxxxxxxx Adoption xx a xxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx as xxx preferred xxxxxxxx Shifting xxx burden xx proof xx polluters xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxx protected xxxxxxx of xxxxxx Allowing xxx effect xx opposed xx intent xx inferring xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Targeting xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx according xx the xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx problems xxxxxxx amp xxxxxxx Osman xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with xxx aim xx development xxx expansion xxxx humans xxx certain xxxxxx Often xxx marginalized xxx indigenous xxxxxx take xxxx weight xxx the xxxxxxxxxx classes xxxx enjoy xxx benefits xx development xxx growth xxxxxx Whitaker xxxxx about xxxxxxxx rails xxxxxx the xxxxx Plains xxx Southwest xxxxx with xxxxxxxxxxxxx damming xxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx in xxx later xxxx of xxx nineteenth xxxxxxx and xxxxx twentieth xxxxxxx to xxxx effects xxxx the xxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx murder xx buffaloes xxxx impacted xxx tribes xxxxxxx altering xxxxx sense xx how xx relate xx place xxx the xxxx The xxxxx economic xxx cultural xxxxxxxxxxx received x huge xxxx on xxx face xx colonialism xxxxxxx the xxxxxx poses xxxx on xxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxxxx between xxxxxxx and xxxx by xxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxxx laws xx opposed xx westernized xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxx point xxxxxxx the xxxx that xxxx has xxxx the xxxx potent xxxxxxxx in xxxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxx pertaining xx toxic xxxxxx The xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is xxx collection xx toxic xxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxx forms xxx degrees xxxxxxx significant xxxxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxx safety xxx regulations xx control xxx damage xxx toxic xxxxxx it xx seen xxxx millions xx people xxxxx live xx unsafe xxx unhealthy xxxxxxxx environments xxxx brings xxx interesting xxxxx that xxxxxxxxxxxx underprivileged xxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx are xxxxxxx to xxxxxxxxxx health xxxxxxx in xxxxx homes xxxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx in xxxxxxxx to xxxxx affluent xxxxxxxxxx Bullard xxx Johnson xxxx there xx a xxxxx need xx understand xxx racial xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxx them xx ensure xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxx example xx Northern xxxxx s xxxxxxxx located xx the xxxxx of xxx Mississippi xxxxx in xxxxx Minneapolis xxx be xxxx as x recent xxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxxx facilities xxxx polluting xxx air xx nearby xxxxxxxxx resulting xx highest xxxx of xxxxxx hospitalization xx Minnesota xxx primary xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx to xxx residents xxxx heavy xxxxx and xxxx particles xxxx metal xxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxx was xxxxxxx to xx submitting xxxxx reports xx state xxxxxxxxxx on xxxxxxxxx control xxxxx intervention xxxxxxxx pressure xxxx pollution xxxxxxx agency xxxxx residents xxx officials xxx to xxx shutting xxxx of xxxxxxxx Metals xxx firm xxxxx multiple xxxx incidents xxx to xxxxxx the xxxx of xxxxxx scrap xxxx and xxxx removed xxx scrap xxxxx and xxxxxx The xxx planning xxx the xxxx zoned xx out xx be xxxxxx parkland xx half xx the xxxxxxx and xxx other xxxx would xx allowed xxx lower xxxxxx production xxxxxxxxxx uses xxx residential xxxx MCEA x d xxxx example xxxx as x ray xx hope xxx the xxxxxx to xx a xxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxx COVID xxxxxx to xxxxx the xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx racism xxxx today xx is xxxxx that xxx and xxxxx pollution xxxxx with xxxxx chemical xxxxxxxx has xxxx disproportionately xxxxxxxxx low xxxxxx and xxxxx Indigenous xxx people xx color xxxxx communities xx largest xxxxxxx of xxxxxx injustice xxxxxx and xxxxxx environmental xxxxxxxx have xxxxxx impacted xxx infection xxx mortality xxxxx arising xxx of xxxxx in xxxxx communities xxxxxxxx perpetuated xxxxxxxxxx in xxxxxx outcomes xxxxxx Despite xxxxxxx that xxx pollution xxx contributing xx infection xxx leading xx death xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx agencies xxxxx relaxed xxxxxxxxxxxxx policies xxxxxxxxx were xxxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxxx violations xxxxxx the xxxxxxxx leading xx disproportionate xxxxxx on xxxxx communities xxxxx Whitaker xxxx argues xx the xxxx that xxxxxxxx health xxxxxxxxxxx are xxxx of xxx consequences xx settler-colonialism x project xx eradication xxxxxxxxxx people xxxx relied xxxxxx on xxxxxx plants xxx animals xxx their xxxxxxxx Sudden xxxxxxx in xxx food xxxxxx led xx higher xxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxx thereby xxxxxxx the xxxxxx link xxxxxxx environment xxx health xxxxxxxx This xxxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxx need xx food xxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxx security xxx survival xxxx production xx crops xxx forced xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx and xxx result xxx been xxxxxxxxx food xxxxxx This xxxxxxxxx food xxxxxx is xxxxxxx with xxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxx and xxxxxxx in xxx food xxxxxxxx leading xx disturbance xx the xxxxxxxxxx balance xxxxxxxx PBS xxxxxx to xxxxxxx food xxx clean xxxxx is x basic xxxxxxxxxxx right xx every xxxxx but xxxxxxxxxxxxx remains xxxxxxxxxxxx to xxxx locationsOsman xxxxxxx to xxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxx starvation xxxx abundance xx food xxxxxx upon xx disturbing xxx ecological xxxxxxx of xxxxxx does xxx guarantee xxxxxx to xxxxxxx food xx all xxxxxxxxx need xx understand xxx importance xx healthy xxx culturally xxxxxxxxxxx food xxxxxxxx through xxxxx ecological xxxxxxx Food xxxxxxxxxxx presses xx these xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx for xxxxxx to xxxxxx own xxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxx system xx order xx have xxxxxx to xxxxxxxxx resources xx build xxxxxxxxx livelihoods xxxxxxxxxxxx et xx The xxxxxx stresses xx the xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxx environmental xxxx on xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxx and xxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxx the xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx of xxx relationship xx indigenous xxxxxx from xxx land xxxx calls xxx tackling xxxxxxxxxxxxx injustice xxx aiming xx creating x system xxx all xx a xxxxxxx community xxxxxxxxxxxx of xxx biases xxxxxxx this xxxxx call xxx overcoming xxx forms xx barriers xx diversity xx gain xxxxxxxxxxx Overcoming xxx barriers xx diversity xxxx not xxxx require xxx employment xx a xxxxxxx body xx decision xxxxxx Rather xx entails x commitment xx multidimensional xxxxxxxx making xx cultivating xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx diverse xxxxxxxxx along xxxx encouraging xxxxxxxxx between xxxxxxx collections xx perspectives xx is xxxxxxxxxx to xxxxx differences xx views xx a xxxxx force xxx treat xx as xx asset xxxx equal xx physical xx cultural xxxxxxxxxxx such xx gender xxxx religion xx sexual xxxxxxxxxxx This xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx perspectives xxxxx pull xxxxxxxxx viewpoints xxxx have xxxx long xx the xxxxxxx Minorities xxx professionals xx color xxxx often xxxx hiding xxxxx perspectives xxxx the xxx of xxxxxxxxxx to xxx general xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxx acceptance xxxx their xxxxx This xxxx towards xxxxxxxxx management xxxxx to xxxxxx intentional xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Simms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Environmental xxxxxxx is x vast xxxxx and xxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx approaches xx solve xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxx degrees xxx intensities xxx injustices xxxxxxxxx from xxxxx creed xxxx and xxxxxx need xx be xxxxxxxxx in xx efficient xxx effective xxxxxx with xxx help xx a xxxxxxxxxxxxx framework xx policyholders xxx governing xxxxxx to xxxxxx a xxxxxxx wherein xxxxxxx are xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx are xxxxx space xx flourish xxx bloom xxxxx ReferencesBullard x D xxx Johnson x S xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx policy xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxxxxxxx activism xxx its xxxxxx on xxxxxx policy xxxxxxxx making xxxxxxx of xxxxxx Issues xxxxx doi xxx - xx Oliveira xxxxxx M xxx Zorzi x B xxxxxxxxxxxxx justice xxxxx Model xxxxxx Nations xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx D xx long xx grass xxxxx The xxxxxxxxxx fight xxx environmental xxxxxxx from xxxxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxx rock xxxxxx MCEA x d xxxxxxx end xx air xxxxxxxxx nightmare xx Minneapolis xxxxx www xxxxxxxx org xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx P x On xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx policymaking xx environmental xxxxxxx perspective xxxxxxxxxxx Dev x amp xxx y xxxxxx K xxxxxxxxx An xxxxxxxxxxx pandemic xxx environmental xxxxxx has xxxxxxxx COVID- xx communities xx color xxxxxxx https xxxxxxxx xchange xxx an-inequitable-pandemic-how-environmental-racism-has- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -in-communities-of-color xxxxxxxxxxxx M xxxxxxx W xxx amp xxxxxxxx J xxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxx Food xxxxxxxxxxx power xxx Resilience xx Development xxxxxxxx Ecology xxx Society 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