Critical Reading - Environmental Justice

After reading the two articles, answer the following questions.

1) Identify the titles, authors, publications, and date of each article:

2) Learn about the source.

a) Go to Essence’s website (www.essence.com), what can you learn about who generally reads this publication? Look at the ads, photos, and mission statements of the magazine.

b) The American Enterprise magazine went defunct in 2006.  Check out the magazine index for November 1998 to get a feel for this magazine see link on website).  Also check out Wikipedia’s article on American Enterprise.  Who do you think the audience was for this magazine?

3) State the main idea of each article:

·      Saving Our Backyards

·      Environmental Justice Hoax

4) Who are the ‘bad guys” in each article?

·      Saving Our Backyards

·      Environmental Justice Hoax

5) Who are the “victims” in each article?

·      Saving Our Backyards

·      Environmental Justice Hoax

6) Identify one example in each article in which the author uses subjective or emotional language

·      Saving Our Backyards

·      Environmental Justice Hoax

7) Did you recognize any arguments errors or fallacies?

·      Saving Our Backyards

·      Environmental Justice Hoax