Frank Serpico
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So Ohio is the most racist state?
The most racist places in America...according to Google.
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Depending on what exactly the percentages are, you can make it look a little different, too.
The Albatross
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Lol Rhode Island.
Cymbal Head
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Oh come the fuck on, Ohio.
Jesus.
Jesus.
Spanx McFranks
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This seems fairly accurate in my experiences. The people in Texas might be racist, but will only talk about it if primed. The most openly racist people I ever met were in Calgary (not the US, I know), second most openly racist were up in Buffalo NY. It is like they just didn't care at all.
When you never actually interact with a black person, why would you need to?
Frosty Droid
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You're right, that's too rough, maybe we'll just sell Bend to the Californians to keep our average up. It'll be a Golden State exclave.
Train of Midnight
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Lol, very first thing I thought of.
Buy real talk, northern MI is pretty bad :c
Went camping way north for the 4th of July. Saw more confederate flags than I did people of color...
Actually, based upon that map, It would be more correct to say that "the deep south can be extremely backwards and racist, and parts of it do feel exactly like the rural northeast."
Not that being "more [racist] than average" is anything to crow about, but I am surprised by the number of dark red areas in the rural northeast when compared to the number of dark red areas in the southern states.
Driving through rural upstate NY, I saw a few Confederate flags. It sure as hell isn't representing Southern pride.
More anecdotal stuff, but I probably see a couple a day where I live not too far out from Dayton. I'm more surprised with how it measures against areas of the country than I am about the actual amount of racism here.
manfestival
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the metrics here seem stupid
also seems like the north is more racist than the south. Which would be an absolute reversal of conventional thinking
also as for anecdotal evidences, people here are generally racist but its not your traditional thought of racism. It is more along the lines of people referring to stereotypes from time to time but I very rarely hear anything that is TRULY racism
also seems like the north is more racist than the south. Which would be an absolute reversal of conventional thinking
also as for anecdotal evidences, people here are generally racist but its not your traditional thought of racism. It is more along the lines of people referring to stereotypes from time to time but I very rarely hear anything that is TRULY racism
Violence Jack
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I've heard plenty of people on and off GAF who have said the same thing. Northeastern US is just as racist as the deep south.
Well, south jersey is pretty much alabama according to north jersey.
Eh, it's pretty much a stark urban vs rural divide in the NE states, the rural parts pretty much fit that to a t, while the urban parts will have some as well (white flight is definitely real).
radios shipping overview
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Yeah, I don't agree with this metric being a significant indicator. Lots of racists in a lot of those blue areas.
The article only mentioned the word "nigger", which ignores most of the racism on the border states. Also this map doesn't say that blue areas aren't racist, just less racist than average, and average is probably still pretty racist.
Not surprised by Appalachia taking the crown here. Bunch of backwards people with no education. Only thing surprising about it is they're using Google for searching and not whatever comes with their trial AOL disks.
Not surprised by Appalachia taking the crown here. Bunch of backwards people with no education. Only thing surprising about it is they're using Google for searching and not whatever comes with their trial AOL disks.
But southern Maine is much less than average in this study.
I have some reservations about this study myself, the variance between Rhode Island and Massachusetts makes no sense to me.
Its a hell of a lot more factual than that "what are your opinions of all 50 states" topic.
It's pretty damn diverse here. I think folks for the most part get along well.
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I'm sorry, but I find this study ridiculous. They're basing this all on Google searches for the N-word? Seriously? There are so many other factors involved in racism that this is beyond ludicrous.
Also, I used to live in and travel all around the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. That place is incredibly racist. NO WAY that place is "less than average." No way. Confederate flags everywhere. Tea Party central. It's the worst.
Also, I used to live in and travel all around the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. That place is incredibly racist. NO WAY that place is "less than average." No way. Confederate flags everywhere. Tea Party central. It's the worst.
This is the 2nd or 3rd post I've seen in this thread attributing high % of caucasians in an area with a guaranteed high amount of racism.
I'd love to hear the reasoning behind this assumption.
I hear you, I was simply saying it's not diverse at all.
I get that doesn't necessarily mean outright racism, but a lack of exposure to other types of people can create lots of ignorance.
It's the suburb phenomenon: "I don't want to live in the city because it's unsafe," there are "rough neighborhoods," "lots of crime," etc. Coded language.
Train of Midnight
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lmfao, opinions are the very opposite of facts by definition. So I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
GoldenEye 007
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Ohio, specifically the Oxford area, is the only place I've been called a nigger. So there's that. I've lived in FL most of my life along with Kansas and Texas briefly.
Yeah my exact thoughts.
I live in Utah and made a snarky comment about the Confederate flag on facebook the other day and every single reply was people defending the flag. It was pretty disappointing.
Gentleman Jack
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"This region is more racist" still doesn't quite feel like lesson to learn from these graphs. To the degree that people search for racist language, it speaks more to the types of racism relevant in their local culture. If people look are looking up slurs they're belying a very 19th century style of racism that simply focuses on the otherness of people and why that's bad. The blue areas of the map are hardly immune from other types of structural racism that emerges in coded language searches like "Why do blacks self-segregate" or "Why do we need affirmative action" or "voting fraud" or "entitlement spending."
I'd fucking LOVE to see the graphs pertaining to that type of online search behavior.
I'd fucking LOVE to see the graphs pertaining to that type of online search behavior.
That this study is factual, and not stupid.
Captainbojanglesiii
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Yeah Pinellas County Florida deserves that yellow, especially when Tampa is included in the region.
EnlightenedMint
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I live in central Pa and I'm not surprised by its rating at all.
People are not only racist, but completely open about it in most circumstances, there is even a KKK group in the town where I went to high school.
People are not only racist, but completely open about it in most circumstances, there is even a KKK group in the town where I went to high school.
Train of Midnight
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Close, but not quite. The data is real, that doesn't mean the information is factual.
Subtle differences.
IchigoSharingan
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That's not a rabbit hole you want to look at.
"I don't want to live in the city because it's unsafe," there are "rough neighborhoods," "lots of crime,"
"voting fraud" or "entitlement spending."
Coded racism? Other type of structural racism? Labeling these comments/questions as guaranteed to be even subtly racist is as baseless as the conclusions of the study in the OP.
Please explain how it is racist to choose to live in an area with lower crime rates and less "rough neighborhoods".
I can agree with the upstate NY/Southern VT, but I think it's more due to just the lack of minorities living here. It's like 90% white rednecks, turning into sweaty hippies the further you go into Vermont.
I've never seen racism tolerated but anyone not white does turn heads. I think I had only one black student in my graduating class of like ~150. We had a year where they had to ban the Confederate flag, and a chunk of the class that regularly wore camouflage to school had a fit.
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I've never seen racism tolerated but anyone not white does turn heads. I think I had only one black student in my graduating class of like ~150. We had a year where they had to ban the Confederate flag, and a chunk of the class that regularly wore camouflage to school had a fit.
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The NC make up is interesting. I'm not surprised that the middle is light blue. Thats where all the major cities are. The eastern part has a large black population and there are more poor people of all colors there, so I'm not surprised that there are incidents of racism there. That section is also the main agriculture area of the state so some of it may be targeted at the migrant workers in the area.
As far as the west goes, there are some poor areas but its almost all white and mostly upper class. Asheville and Boone are seen as fairly liberal.
As far as the west goes, there are some poor areas but its almost all white and mostly upper class. Asheville and Boone are seen as fairly liberal.
MrPressStart
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Did not read the whole thread... but I wonder if the google searches search for just the word or it combined with other words to make a sentence or phrase? Just thinking people searching for some lyrics could be dinged??? just a thought... Just seems so odd as some of the places don't seem accurate. Of course it could also be based on actual population.
everyday math
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Not surprised with upper Michigan at all.
Hari Seldon
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Those blue states are really red in that map...
What a generalizing, baseless post (to add to the many along these lines already posted in this thread).
In addition to its inherently flawed nature, the study fails to account for racism of ethnicities beyond traditional "white-on-black" racism.
I'm caucasian, grew up in upstate NY, had an african american best friend through grade school, and grew up in an environment that tended to look at character content instead of skin color. I was effectively raised as aware of historical racism, but was to an extent "color-blind", since the entire community that I grew up in tended to be that way. Even spent years in NC with my future wife, who is African American, and neither of us ever experienced any blatant or subtle racism.
The only instances of racism that we have ever faced have come while in Philadelphia, from African Americans. As examples, a 10-12 year old boy loudly commented as he walked by something to the effect of "hey girl, what are you doing with that Cracker?". As another example, a pan handler heckled us with something similar, "what are you doing with that white boy? You need a real man". A friend of my wife's grandmother (some old lady) even was asking her grandmother what she thought about her granddaughter marrying a white boy.
100% of the racism that we've faced has been black-on-white racism. Am I a huge outlier? Where is that accounted for in this study? Where is that issue being covered regularly in the media?
Calm down.
It isn't exactly "racist" in the traditional sense, but black people are largely stuck in shitty areas while white people just move further and further out into the sprawling suburbs, perpetuating segregation. In my experience, black populations are viewed as a reason for high crime and poor schools, not as something that has been afflicted on those areas via discrimination.
Obviously many minorities would love to move to areas that have less crime and better schools.
I'm not sure what your agenda is but you're likely to have a better dialogue if you're less bombastic and confrontational.
Hari Seldon
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EDIT: Ahah! I knew it
Wait they didn't normalize the data to population distribution? What kind of JV operation are they running?
Sickboy007
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They must have, Appalachian population density can't be that high. If they haven't, that's even more impressive and it means that's all they google 24/7!
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