Editing Environmental racism (section)

==== Eastern Europe ====
Predominantly living in Central and [[Eastern Europe]], with pockets of communities in the [[Americas]] and [[Middle East]], the ethnic [[Romani people]] have been subjected to environmental exclusion. Often referred to as gypsies or the gypsy threat, the Romani people of Eastern Europe mostly live under the poverty line in [[shanty town]]s or [[slum]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Loveland|first1=Matthew T.|last2=Popescu|first2=Delia|date=25 July 2016|title=The Gypsy Threat Narrative|journal=[[Humanity & Society]]|location=Thousand Oaks, California|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|volume=40|issue=3|pages=329–352|doi=10.1177/0160597615601715|issn=0160-5976|s2cid=146701798}}</ref> Facing issues such as long term exposure to harmful toxins given their locations to waste dumps and industrial plants, along with being refused environmental assistance like clean water and sanitation, the Romani people have been facing racism via environmental means. Many countries such has [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Hungary]] have tried to implement environmental protection initiatives across their respected countries; however, most have failed due to "addressing the conditions of Roma communities have been framed through an ethnic lens as "Roma issues".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Krista|last2=Steger|first2=Tamara|last3=Filcak|first3=Richard|date=July 2009|title=Environmental Justice and Roma Communities in Central and Eastern Europe|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1004&context=anthro_faculty_pubs|website=ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst}}</ref> Only recently has some form of environmental justice for the Romani people come to light. Seeking environmental justice in Europe, the Environmental Justice Program is now working with human rights organizations to help fight environmental racism.

It is important to note that in the "Discrimination in the EU in 2009" report, conducted by the European Commission, "64% of citizens with Roma friends believe discrimination is widespread, compared to 61% of citizens without Roma friends."<ref>{{cite web|date=November 2009|title=Discrimination in the EU in 2009|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/archives/ebs/ebs_317_sum_en.pdf|website=Europa}}</ref>