"Environmental racism refers to the deliberate placement of toxic and hazardous waste sites, incinerators, landfills, and polluting industries in communities populated mainly by minorities, including Latinos, African Americans, Asians, migrant farm workers, and the working poor. It also includes “any government, institutional, or industry action, or failure to act, that has a negative environmental impact which disproportionately harms—whether intentionally or unintentionally—individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color.” (Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic)
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Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States
Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots by 
From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
Race, Place, and Environmental Justice after Hurricane Katrina
Toxic Communities: environmental racism, industrial pollution, and residential mobility by