If you're old, white and racist, you're more likely to be a climate change denier

[sglowrider]

https://www.indy100.com/article/cli...white-racist-far-right-global-warming-8407951

Researchers found that American voters with some serious racial resentments were - and this might come as a shock to literally no one - far more likely to question an irrefutable truth like climate change.
Using information from American National Election Studies, researcher Salil Benegal at DePauw University found Republicans with high racial resentment scores were 84 per cent likely to dispute and argue with man-made climate change.

If being more inclined to racial resentment wasn't enough, research conducted by Pew found that climate change deniers tend to also be... Wait, can you guess? That's right, old and white.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.indy100.com/article/cli...white-racist-far-right-global-warming-8407951

What do you think is the connection?

 

[sglowrider]

What do you think is the connection?

Anger, ignorance, distrust of science, not wanting to take responsibility for their own actions/station in life and myopic view of the world/time ie parochial

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

What do you think is the connection?

Probably media sources. If you're "old, white, and racist" at this point in history, you're more likely to be a conservative, which means you're more likely to consume conservative media, which means you're more likely to be exposed to climate denial presented in a positive light.