A from the UNC Center for Civil Rights highlights the issues faced by some segregated communities in North Carolina.
The report refers to these neighborhoods as 鈥渆xcluded communities.鈥�
鈥淲hat we鈥檙e talking about are communities that are somehow not fully included in the political, social, civic, and economic life of the state of North Carolina,鈥� says Peter Gilbert, the author of the report
The report found that the people who live in these segregated communities are much less likely to live near high-performing schools - and twice as likely to live near incinerators and landfills.
鈥淧eople of color in our state are facing the burden of these environmental hazards in a hugely disproportionate way and if you don鈥檛 take conscious proactive action the problem is only going to be compounded and perpetuated,鈥� says Gilbert.
The report also includes . The majority of them are in the Piedmont and eastern North Carolina.
