The Most Racist Country in the Western World

[Joe McCarthy]

This is a bit old but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs...western-world/

The Most Racist Country in the Western World
Or homophobic, or xenophobic, or anti-semitic.

It's been said that industrialized nations are becoming more intolerant of foreigners, and a provocative new paper in the August issue of Kyklos tries to quantify just how bigoted Western nations are. (Free version of the paper is here.)

The paper's authors used responses from a question in the Human Beliefs and Values Survey -- a twice-a-decade survey of social and political attitudes around the world -- which asked respondents how they would feel about living next to: People of different ethnicities, Muslims, Jews, immigrants or foreign workers, and homosexuals.

The researchers used these answers as a proxy for bigotry in each country. (The survey took place in 1999-2000).

And the most prejudiced country? Drumroll please...

Northern Ireland with an estimated 44 percent of its population saying they wouldn't want to live next to one of the above five groups took the top "prize." Breathing down it's neck was Greece with 43.2 percent and at 37.6 percent Italy rounded out the top three.

The least bigoted nations were dominated by Scandinavian countries: Sweden (13.4%), the Netherlands (17.2%), Iceland (18.4%), Canada (21.5%), Denmark (21.9%).

(Germany joins the ranks of the most bigoted nations using an alternative measure based on how strong bigoted feelings were among those who had them, the researchers found.)

The United States was estimated to have a 30.4 percent level of bigotry.



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[Grumpy Cat]

Since when were Canada and the Netherlands in Scandinavia???

Anyways, I'd say the most racist countries are the most PC ones. PC is by it's very nature, very racist.

[The Lawspeaker]

Then I think I am a huge bigot in that respect. I am only living right next door to immigrants because of the housing shortage and because there is nothing else available. It isn't worth being on a waiting list for 2 years for, methinks.

Do I like it ? Hell no.

[Joe McCarthy]

Since when were Canada and the Netherlands in Scandinavia???

Anyways, I'd say the most racist countries are the most PC ones. PC is by it's very nature, very racist.

I think it's saying that three of the top five are Scandinavian, hence Scandinavia 'dominates'.

[Grumpy Cat]

No immigrants in my neighbourhood.

But as I've always said on here, I'd rather live next to a nice non-white person than a white douchebag, but also the other way around, a nice white person than a non-white douchebag.

See, the PC types are racist in a sense that they would put up with living next to a non-white douchebag and saying that they can't help the way they are because of their race. Sounds pretty racist to me.

[Grumpy Cat]

I think it's saying that three of the top five are Scandinavian, hence Scandinavia 'dominates'.

Oh, I misread the sentence. Carry on.

[Eldritch]

Since when were Canada and the Netherlands in Scandinavia???

I think the point was many of the "least racist" nations were Scandinavian, not all of them.

Italy doesn't surprise me, Northern Ireland actually does.

[Grumpy Cat]

I think the point was many of the "least racist" nations were Scandinavian, not all of them.

Yeah, which I misread.

And also found funny, because nowadays Nordic people are lead to believe they are evil and the most racist. Studies show otherwise.

[Joe McCarthy]

These numbers don't surprise me btw. I'd expect places like Northern Ireland and Italy to score very high, the US relatively high, and Sweden to score very low. The one that seems dated is Holland. My guess is that it would score significantly higher today.

[Grumpy Cat]

I don't know, I probably would be willing to bet that Canadians would have scored significantly higher if they were just asked about Muslims, and probably lower if asked about other groups.

You'd also probably see somewhat of a difference between English and French-speaking Canadians if asked about Jews.

Here's a thread about what Canadians think of other groups.

Across the country, English Canadians were regarded the most favourably by all respondents at 84% — well above immigrants at 70%, Jews at 69%, French Quebecers at 65% and aboriginal Canadians at 56%.

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In Quebec, French Quebecers are viewed the most favourably, followed by English Canadians, immigrants, aboriginal Canadians, and Jews.