Majority of whites prejudiced

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks-073551680--election.html

I am more inclined to be prejudiced toward cultures and not skin color which I am sure is the case with many of us crackers. For example, if you are against affirmative action you might be classified as racist.

What I haven't seen are polls where blacks and hispanics are asked their feelings toward whites, each other, asians, etc.


Jim J

Oh, they have been done. And the results are a lot more interesting than whites.

Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks-073551680--election.html

I am more inclined to be prejudiced toward cultures and not skin color which I am sure is the case with many of us crackers. For example, if you are against affirmative action you might be classified as racist.
What I haven't seen are polls where blacks and hispanics are asked their feelings toward whites, each other, asians, etc.


Jim J

Who came up with that definition?

The poll asks a loaded set of questions designed to lead to prejudiced answers. There's no subtlety. When answering a similar set of questions as that poll, blacks were found to be more prejudiced about blacks than whites are. Given that, what are we supposed to take away from the white results of this poll? I've also seen polls where blacks were 2-3X more likely to be prejudiced against Jews and other minority groups than whites were.

In The Scar of Race, authors Paul M. Sniderman and Thomas Piazza note that blacks hold critical views about members of their own race. The authors asked both blacks and whites to respond to a series of statements: "Blacks are aggressive or violent"; "blacks are boastful"; "blacks are complaining"; "blacks are lazy"; and "blacks are irresponsible." Blacks answered "yes" more often than whites!

Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks-073551680--election.html

I am more inclined to be prejudiced toward cultures and not skin color which I am sure is the case with many of us crackers. For example, if you are against affirmative action you might be classified as racist.

What I haven't seen are polls where blacks and hispanics are asked their feelings toward whites, each other, asians, etc.


Jim J

getting acuracy in a poll of this nature seems like it would be pretty difficult to ensure...