Born out of African-American struggles against racial and environmental discrimination in the United States, the environmental justice movement is based on the premise that environmental degradation is distributed unequally in terms of geography, race, and social class .
Nacido de las luchas Afro-Americanas contra la discriminación racial y ambiental en EEUU, el movimiento por la justicia ambiental parte de la premisa que la degradación ambiental se distribuye desigualmente en términos geográficos, raciales y de clase social .