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Greening the ghetto - Majora Carter

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In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.

Majora Carter is convinced that “economic degradation begets environmental degradation, which begets social degradation.” What were some of the factors that contributed to economic degradation in the South Bronx, and what are Carter and her colleagues doing to cultivate a stronger economy there now?

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