Culture of Denial

White people in the American south are more inclined to deny global warming than any other people in the world, including, evidently,stone age tribal people in the Amazon rain forest. This seems puzzling at first, but upon further reflection, becomes quite clear. The culture of the American south is a culture of denial. These are the descendants of the people who justified slavery on the basis that slavery enabled slaves to enjoy the spiritual fruits of the Christian religion, or that the slaves were "better off" living in a "civilized" country. During the ongoing one hundred year plus era of racial segregation and discrimination, the argument of denial has been, for the most part, that African Americans are quite content to live as second class citizens, quite content to live in ghettos, with low paying menial jobs. One could hardly expect southern man to accept global warming, and to taek immediate action against it, could one?