Sometimes it is hard to look at the trouble in your own backyard. People even tend to look past things when it does not affect them. It is even more disappointing, when it takes someone being personally affected before anyone speaks up about an issue at all. That is what was happening to a little town in California named Kettleman City. California: it is known for the beaches, good weather, cultural diversity, large economy, and …showed first 75 words of 747 total…

…showed last 75 words of 747 total…at the rate companies and society are abusing and using it up, one day there may be no turning back. Then society (unfortunately for the less fortunate) will have to reap what it has sown. Works Cited Street, Richard Steven. "Battling Toxic Racism." California dreams and Realities. Ed.Maasik, Solomon. 2nd ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. 261-264. Williams, Stormy. The Grassroots. 30 Apr 2002 <http://banwaste.enviroweb.org/html/stormy_article.html>