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New Jersey Case Study

New Jersey Case Study

Q (2) NEW JERSEY CASE STUDY: For the case study paper, each student is to locate and elaborate a CURRENT case study of environmental injustice or racism in NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, or PENNSYLVANIA. Because each student must research a different case study, your topic must be approved in advance by the instructor. Your case study paper should briefly detail the following: • Problem overview • Background • Demographics of the area • Key actors Links to an external site./institutions involved • Victims and costs of the event • Responses by government and local community groups • How does this fit in to the environmental justice framework For examples of case studies, please visit: http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/cases.htmlLinks to an external site. For a starting point on areas with EJ issues, you might want to play around with the EPA mapping tool: https://ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/ Links to an external site.. Topics are due by Sept. 20th. Papers are due by October 18th. The final paper must be a minimum of five (5) pages, double-spaced, not including your works cited page. The major points in your paper must be substantiated by references to articles in academic journals and/or professional books (not including introductory textbooks; and not including material assigned for this course). A minimum of five (5) sources are expected. Citations and references should follow the APA citation method. The NJ Case Study is worth a potential of 70 points (23% of your final grade).

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Case Selected: NYC man charged with hate crimes for headbutting Asian victim because he’s ‘Chinese’ from Yahoo News. Date: 7th September 2022 Link: https://news.yahoo.com/nyc-man-charged-hate-crimes-173934055.html?guccounter=1&guce_re ferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADnyhdHp3aG3ZXjY HBUv8brzW55JiLrho1T3fupPD8su8l1Ns94j9W79xjQfnuvVbxu5snGr-lyrma7Z2pK0jYhi6xrRjezk 1cgWIX1KWzu9Hjbl8SHnUSWJZeq8f9Qn_o4GQkjw9T4otCITQUn7MBhIMkMKnAVFfXo9eAP2 x8Is I. Problem overview On September 7, 2022, Rudy Coslopez, a 41-year-old man from New York City, was charged with hate crimes for headbutting an Asian victim because he was "Chinese." The incident took place in the Chinatown area of Manhattan.