Ethnicity and Response to Internal Environmental Migrants in the United States

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI:10.1177/10659129231225669

K. Ash, Puck Winchester

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Abstract

We examine how responses to individuals displaced by environmental shocks vary based on the ethnicity of the migrants, the locals, and their ethnic groups’ political status. We embed an experiment into a stratified sample of 2,188 white, Black, and Latinx Americans surveyed through Qualtrics Panels. The experiment shows respondents a photo of a flooded road, randomly assigning whether there are white, Black, Latinx, or no persons wading through the water. Results show no outward change in approval for migrants settling in respondents’ neighborhoods based on their ethnicity. However, emotional responses to migrants, perceptions of migrants’ economic backgrounds, and levels of tolerance and ethnocentrism among locals vary based on migrants’ ethnicity. While there may not be outward xenophobia and conflict in the face of internal climate-related migration, the underlying attitudes of members of receiving communities suggest internal migrants from politically excluded groups lack local acceptance and may face more subtle prejudice.

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美国国内环境移民的种族和应对措施

我们研究了对因环境冲击而流离失所的个人的反应如何因移民的种族、当地人及其种族群体的政治地位而有所不同。我们在通过 Qualtrics 小组调查的 2188 名白人、黑人和拉美裔美国人的分层抽样中嵌入了一个实验。实验向受访者展示了一张被洪水淹没的道路照片，并随机分配是白人、黑人、拉美裔还是没有人涉水而过。结果显示，受访者对在其社区定居的移民的认可度并没有因其种族而发生明显变化。然而，对移民的情绪反应、对移民经济背景的看法以及当地人的容忍度和种族中心主义程度却因移民的种族而异。虽然面对与气候相关的国内移民，可能并不存在外在的仇外心理和冲突，但接收社区成员的潜在态度表明，来自政治排斥群体的国内移民缺乏当地人的认可，并可能面临更微妙的偏见。

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Political Research Quarterly POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

4.80%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： Political Research Quarterly (PRQ) is the official journal of the Western Political Science Association. PRQ seeks to publish scholarly research of exceptionally high merit that makes notable contributions in any subfield of political science. The editors especially encourage submissions that employ a mixture of theoretical approaches or multiple methodologies to address major political problems or puzzles at a local, national, or global level. Collections of articles on a common theme or debate, to be published as short symposia, are welcome as well as individual submissions.