Diverse segments of the US public underestimate the environmental concerns of minority and low-income Americans.
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| Title: | Diverse segments of the US public underestimate the environmental concerns of minority and low-income Americans. |
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| Authors: | Pearson, Adam R.1, Schuldt, Jonathon P.2, Romero-Canyas, Rainer3,4, Ballew, Matthew T.5, Larson-Konar, Dylan3,6 |
| Source: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 12/4/2018, Vol. 115 Issue 49, p12429-12434. 6p. |
| Subjects: | Poor people, Americans, Environmental protection, Environmentalism, Demography |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | In a nationally representative survey experiment, diverse segments of the US public underestimated the environmental concerns of nonwhite and low-income Americans and misperceived them as lower than those of white and more affluent Americans. Moreover, both whites and nonwhites and higher- and lower-income respondents associated the term "environmentalist" with whites and the well-educated, suggesting that shared cultural stereotypes may drive these misperceptions. This environmental belief paradox-a tendency to misperceive groups that are among the most environmentally concerned and most vulnerable to a wide range of environmental impacts as least concerned about the environment--was largely invariant across demographic groups and also extended to the specific issue of climate change. Suggesting these beliefs are malleable, exposure to images of a racially diverse (vs. nondiverse) environmental organization in an embedded randomized experiment reduced the perceived gap between whites' and nonwhites' environmental concerns and strengthened associations between nonwhites and the category "environmentalists" among minority respondents. These findings suggest that stereotypes about others' environmental attitudes may pose a barrier to broadening public engagement with environmental initiatives, particularly among populations most vulnerable to negative environmental impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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