Edwynn
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ORIGINAL: farglebargle http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/08/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage/ quote:
Q14 Do you think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal? Legal............................................................... 40% Illegal .............................................................. 46% Not sure .......................................................... 14% Q15 Would you describe yourself as very liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative, or very conservative? Very liberal ...................................................... 4% Somewhat liberal ............................................ 4% Moderate......................................................... 17% Somewhat conservative.................................. 36% Very conservative ........................................... 40% Q16 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2. Woman ........................................................... 47% Man................................................................. 53% quote:
Ridiculous question. Well no, actually, asking 400 Republicans if they are "somewhat liberal" or "very liberal" isn't a silly question. Not at all. It is after all a poll, inane questions are a requirement of such efforts. In other news: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/02/16/the-rise-of-intermarriage/3/ The pie chart in the lower right section would be of interest regarding the OP here. As we can see, based on black/white interracial marriages by region, the Northeast's genuine acceptance of such in the only meaningful way, i.e. by actual participation, is only 13.6% of b/w marriages as compared to the South's 50.9%. I doubt many would disagree that were a poll to be taken in a state such as, say, NY, a high percentage of respondents would claim that they accept black/white marriage. The the above data nevertheless present the indisputable fact that by criteria of actual black/white interracial marriage participation the Northeast is the clearly the most racist region in the country; 2.5% more racist than the West, 7.7% more racist than the Midwest, and 76% more racist than the South. This assessment is, of course, fully congruent with the geist of the OP, and should be taken with commensurate consideration. OTOH we could just take another unscientific poll to refute the facts. That seems to be popular.
< Message edited by Edwynn -- 4/9/2012 5:50:17 AM >
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