Few Americans see race as key factor in environmental inequality – WSU Insider
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 13, 2022
PULLMAN, Wash. – Only 33% of U.S. households believe that Black people are more likely to experience environmental pollution and that this well-documented inequality is unfair, a Washington State University study has found.
A nationally representative survey of 1,000 U.S. households showed that many more Americans, 59%, believe that poverty is a root cause of environmental inequality. Only 37% believe that Black people are more likely than white people to experience pollution, even though this is a statistical fact. Even among those who believe this environmental inequality is true, some still feel that it . . .
