Scientific American: ‘Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon’ – College student ‘willing to submit to a green dictator’ to fight climate
Humboldt State University Professor Sarah Jaquette Ray in Environmental Studies Department: "I recently gave a college lecture about climate anxiety. One of the students e-mailed me to say she was so distressed that she’d be willing to submit to a green dictator if they would address climate change." ...
"One year ago, I published a book called A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety. Since its publication, I have been struck by the fact that those responding to the concept of climate anxiety are overwhelmingly white. Indeed, these climate anxiety circles are even whiter than the environmental circles I’ve been in for decades....Put another way, is climate anxiety just code for white people wishing to hold onto their way of life or get “back to normal,†to the comforts of their privilege?" ...
"The white response to climate change is literally suffocating to people of color. Climate anxiety can operate like white fragility, sucking up all the oxygen in the room and devoting resources toward appeasing the dominant group." ...
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