Thread: Voting Conservative Correlates With Racist Attitudes
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Old 11-06-2009, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tough Love89 View Post
Reminds me of a certain news network... Oh yeah!

"we report, you deside!" -Fox news!

I will attempt to prove you wrong. well not prove... but uh... use rhetoric that might allow you to see where im coming from.

I think that Most people have SOME racial biased. For most people, its just harmless things like "black people are good athletes" "asians are smart, and like to smoke cigarettes" "look a minority, chances are he is a democrat."

Im not condoning these thoughts. but people have them. And they arnt laced with hate. Also, from personal experiances, people often make assumtions that "(insert race) is more likly to ______________". Not generalizing completly, knowing there are several exceptions to the racist rule.

Hateful racism is another thing. It should not be tolerated. No race is superior.

Now, back to the survey. I think Cons would be more likly to admit their tendencies to make assumptions about groups of people. But I really think Libs do it too. When we get down to it, most people are guilty of prejudice at some point. Cons are just more willing to fess up.

What ya think?
If they actually reported, I would not mind them. I would actually like them better than the other channels if they only reported on articles.

Actually, in the article, it says all people have these racial biases. All races, including African Americans, fear African Americans more than Caucasains. Is it the fault of any individual? No. It is just reality. The fact is that conservatives tend to have more than liberals. Liberals still have biases, but, for some reason, have less. However, having these biases does not automatically make anyone a full-blown racist.

The survey did not ask people if they had racial biases, it measured them with reaction times. It did have have any biase due to individual willingness to respond.
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