James Doogue

Based on an extensive survey recently published, White Americans are the least racist group in the US.

Whites on average feel the same towards other whites as they do towards blacks, Hispanics and Asfeel, marking all at about 70 degrees on a 'feel warmly towards them' scale.

Blacks, on the other hand, mark blacks highly at 85 degrees. Blacks mark all other races below themselves. Whites at about 62, Asians at about 66, and Hispanics at around 71.

Hispanics also mark whites the lowest, then blacks and Asians about equally, with other Hispanics on an average well above other groups at 80.

Asians also rank their own group at an average of 80, with groups much lower, but not as harsh towards them as blacks and Hispanics were. But still placing whites last.

Data source: American National Election Studies. 2021. ANES 2020 Time Series Study Preliminary Release: Combined Pre-Election and Post-Election Data [dataset and documentation]. March 24, 2021 version. www.electionstu dies.org.

Respondents are asked:

Please enter the rating number in the number box.
Ratings between 50 degrees and 100 degrees mean that you feel favorable and warm toward the group. Ratings between 0 degrees and 50 degrees mean that you don't feel favorable toward the group and that you don't care too much for that group. You would rate the group at the 50 degree mark if you don't feel particularly warm or cold toward the group.

I'm sure some would argue that whites deserve to be marked lowly by other groups because of past white privilege and systemic racism. They might also argue that whites are more aware of political correctness and just marked their feeling towards other groups equally, but that doesn't follow through in practice.

That may be so. But what does it say about the strength of anti-white feelings if all the other groups didn't care that they may be assumed as racist if they marked other groups, and whites in particularso low-key.

Also, the fact that blacks, Hispanics and Asians marked each others group on average, much lower than their own group, cannot be blamed on claimed past injustices or systemic racism.

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