28 January 2021 – by Aubrey Calaway
Carl A. Zimring uncovers in his book the ways that hygiene, waste, and race became toxically entangled in American society. In this review of ‘Clean and White’ Aubrey Calaway explains what these lessons can teach us about environmental racism in the US today, as well as the specific inequalities brought to light as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on.