What Attribute of the Dominant Class Explains Why Disadvantaged People

question 78

Multiple Choice

What attribute of the dominant class explains why disadvantaged people are the primary victims of pollution?

• A) People with power live closer to the cleaner sources of pollution.
• B) Poor people choose to live in polluted,urban working-class neighbourhoods.
• C) Dominant-class members can afford home-based pollution control devices.
• D) Wealthy people have the political clout to keep polluters away from their homes.

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