Abstract Racial/ethnic minorities and lower-socioeconomic (SES) groups in the U.S. face disproportionate environmental risks, which may hold implications for how these groups construe environmental issues, relative to other segments of the public. We explored this possibility with a diverse sample of 1191 U.S. adults, hypothesizing that, relative to White and higher-SES respondents, non-White and lower-SES respondents would rate a greater number of pressing societal issues as also “environmental.” Across 18 issues, ranging from ecological issues more traditionally the focus of environmental advocacy and scholarship (e.g., pollution; eco-oriented issues) to issues that also constitute human social determinants and consequences of environmental risk (e.g., poverty; human-oriented issues), non-White and lower-income respondents rated human-oriented issues as more “environmental.” Environmental justice perceptions partially mediated group differences in issue conceptualization. Results hold implications for the measurement of environmental attitudes and efforts to broaden public engagement within racially and economically diverse communities.

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什么算作“环境”问题？种族、民族和社会经济地位在问题概念化方面的差异

摘要 美国的种族/族裔少数群体和低社会经济 (SES) 群体面临着不成比例的环境风险，这可能会对这些群体相对于其他公众群体如何解释环境问题产生影响。我们通过 1191 名美国成年人的不同样本探索了这种可能性，并假设相对于白人和社会经济地位较高的受访者而言，非白人和社会经济地位较低的受访者会将更多紧迫的社会问题评为“环境问题”。跨越 18 个问题，从传统上是环境倡导和学术关注的生态问题（例如，污染；以生态为导向的问题）到也构成人类社会决定因素和环境风险后果的问题（例如，贫困；以人为本的问题） , 非白人和低收入受访者认为以人为本的问题更“环保”。环境正义观念部分地调节了问题概念化中的群体差异。结果对衡量环境态度和努力扩大种族和经济多元化社区的公众参与具有影响。