What are the effects of environmental racism on early childhood development? This paper argues that this is a largely unanswered question that reflects more than a research gap, but a research vacuum. This paper reviews the available literature on the intersection of environmental racism and early childhood from a sociological perspective. I rely on Iruka et al.’s (2022) Racism + Resilience + Resistance Integrative Study of Childhood Ecosystem (R3ISE) framework and the framework of critical environmental justice (Pellow, 2016; 2018) to summarize what is known about how environmental racism contributes to disparities in health, learning, and well-being through the early years of childhood development, as well as to point out gaps in our knowledge. Scholars have identified strong indicators that many converging environmental hazards affect young children, and that exposure to these hazards is strongly associated with race and racism. An emerging body of literature also links environmental racism to global climate change and global ecological degradation. This paper will provide a theoretical overview of environmental racism as it pertains to young children and consider in relation to early childhood and race: 1) disproportionate exposure to environmental pollutants and their effects; and 2) vulnerability to effects of climate change. It concludes with a discussion of implications, and suggestions for paths forward and future research.

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我们生活、学习和娱乐的地方：环境种族主义和儿童早期发展回顾


环境种族主义对儿童早期发展有什么影响？本文认为，这是一个在很大程度上没有答案的问题，它反映的不仅仅是研究差距，而是研究真空。本文从社会学的角度回顾了关于环境种族主义与幼儿教育交叉点的现有文献。我依靠 Iruka 等人（2022 年）的种族主义 + 复原力 + 抵抗儿童生态系统综合研究 （R3ISE） 框架和关键环境正义框架（Pellow，2016 年;2018 年）来总结关于环境种族主义如何在儿童发展的早期导致健康、学习和福祉差异的已知信息，并指出我们知识中的差距。学者们已经确定了强有力的指标，表明许多融合的环境危害会影响幼儿，而暴露于这些危害与种族和种族主义密切相关。一些新兴的文献也将环境种族主义与全球气候变化和全球生态退化联系起来。本文将对与幼儿有关的环境种族主义进行理论概述，并考虑与幼儿和种族的关系：1） 不成比例地暴露于环境污染物及其影响;2） 易受气候变化影响。最后，它讨论了影响，并对前进的道路和未来的研究提出了建议。