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.
On average, about one out of every three people in the 19 countries used in the study were bigoted.
By far the most hated group were homosexuals with an overall average of 19.6 percent of people saying they wouldn't want them as neighbors. Next up were Muslims with 14.5 percent, but since the survey was taken before September 11th, those results might be much different today.
Click the drop-down menu below to look at how each country stacks up in the different categories:
don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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." :
Just had a very quick look.... Northern Ireland - sample size: 1000. Population of Northern Ireland: approx 1.8million. I'm sure that this sample of 0.0005% of the entire population really represents their views.
It's a bit like 89% of women think l'Oreal hair dye makes their hair shinier (or something like that!).
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." :
Just had a very quick look.... Northern Ireland - sample size: 1000. Population of Northern Ireland: approx 1.8million. I'm sure that this sample of 0.0005% of the entire population really represents their views.
It's a bit like 89% of women think l'Oreal hair dye makes their hair shinier (or something like that!).
I didn't bother checking the rest.
that sample size of that poll saying afghans want us there was only 1,500
don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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." :
Just had a very quick look.... Northern Ireland - sample size: 1000. Population of Northern Ireland: approx 1.8million. I'm sure that this sample of 0.0005% of the entire population really represents their views.
It's a bit like 89% of women think l'Oreal hair dye makes their hair shinier (or something like that!).
I didn't bother checking the rest.
that sample size of that poll saying afghans want us there was only 1,500
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
ehhhh... Irish isnt a race... it's a nationality... it was white people in scotland shouting abuse about white people from Ireland... it is as moronic as it sounds but it cant be racism if they are the same race!!
The Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaedheil) are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years (according to archaeological studies), with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded[8]
Geneticists Show That Irish Are A Race Apart
LONDON (Reuters) - Irish geneticists have used surnames and the male Y chromosome to reconstruct a one thousand year-old genetic map of Ireland that shows the Irish really are a race apart.
"When you look at this old genetic geography of Ireland what you find is that in the West (of the country) we are almost exclusively of one type of Y chromosome," Daniel Bradley told Reuters.
:P
Irish isnt a race. They are white-european. You'll never convince me or the National Census otherwise. :thumbup:
yes and then you ended it by implying the US was worse
and then in your 2nd reply 4 min later you outright said it was the most racist country in the west.
while i'm not trying to argue there wasn't a lot of racism and still is we at least elected a person who is 1/2 black as president, how many other countries in the west have done that?
faced with either the option of Obama or a member of the cast of Cocoon 9... then i reckon most countries would have went with Obama
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Irish isnt a race. They are white-european. You'll never convince me or the National Census otherwise. :thumbup:
You're right, and if you want to get technical about it, most anthropologists only recognize three "races" (caucasoid, negroid, and mongoloid). The Irish could very well be a distinct bloodline, though, which would be a much more specific social grouping than the hugely broad (and potentially kinda useless) concept of "race".
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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.
On average, about one out of every three people in the 19 countries used in the study were bigoted.
By far the most hated group were homosexuals with an overall average of 19.6 percent of people saying they wouldn't want them as neighbors. Next up were Muslims with 14.5 percent, but since the survey was taken before September 11th, those results might be much different today.
Click the drop-down menu below to look at how each country stacks up in the different categories:
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
Just had a very quick look.... Northern Ireland - sample size: 1000. Population of Northern Ireland: approx 1.8million. I'm sure that this sample of 0.0005% of the entire population really represents their views.
It's a bit like 89% of women think l'Oreal hair dye makes their hair shinier (or something like that!).
I didn't bother checking the rest.
that sample size of that poll saying afghans want us there was only 1,500
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
.... population over 12 million.
All these polls are nonsense.
well, i won't argue with you on that
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
Irish isnt a race. They are white-european. You'll never convince me or the National Census otherwise. :thumbup:
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faced with either the option of Obama or a member of the cast of Cocoon 9... then i reckon most countries would have went with Obama
You're right, and if you want to get technical about it, most anthropologists only recognize three "races" (caucasoid, negroid, and mongoloid). The Irish could very well be a distinct bloodline, though, which would be a much more specific social grouping than the hugely broad (and potentially kinda useless) concept of "race".