According to the text, research on environmental racism indicates that:
a. it is probably not done intentionally and many dumps are also located in White neighborhoods.
b. the problem is overstated; it does not occur very often.
c. the location of hazardous wastes near minority neighborhoods is too frequent to be occurring by chance.
d. most of the toxic dumps have now been dismantled and cleaned up.
Question 2
According to the text, the example of attitudes toward smoking in the U.S. demonstrates the notion that
a. perceptions of deviance are influenced by social change.
b. smoking should not have been considered acceptable.
c. laws are needed in order to best define deviant behavior.
d. evidence of risk is enough to change behavior.
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