Fighting to Breathe

Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore

Nicole Fabricant

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University of California Press
13 December 2022

Urban communities; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Anthropology; Urban & municipal planning

Series: California Series in Public Anthropology

Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore.

By: Nicole Fabricant
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 54
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520379329
ISBN 10: 0520379322
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 13 December 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicole Fabricant is Professor of Anthropology at Towson University in Maryland. She is the author of Mobilizing Bolivia's Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land and is co–executive editor of NACLA Report on the Americas.

Reviews for Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore

“Eye-opening and inspiring."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies * ""Fighting to Breathe [is] an important resource for undergraduate classrooms, particularly in this moment when critical justice approaches to teaching climate change are essential."" * New Politics *