The majority of America's racists live where slavery was most common a new study has revealed.


The University of Rochester has found that despite the abolition of slavery 150 years ago, white Southerners who live in the Cotton Belt where the economy was build on slaves and plantations are much more likely to express negative attitudes toward blacks than their fellow Southerners who live where there were less slaves.


Indeed, these white people are also more likely to identify as Republican and to hold opinions on race-related political policies such as affirmative action.


The study by is believed to be the first to demonstrate the lasting effects of slavery on racial attitudes in the South.
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But how is it possible that an institution so long outlawed continues to influence views in the 21st century?


'Before mechanization, cotton was not really economically viable without massive amounts of cheap labor,' explains Maya Sen. who worked on the study.


She makes it clear that after the Civil War southern landowners had to push old slave hands back to work and to keep their wages low, just to push a profit.


'Whereas slavery only required a majority of (powerful) whites in the state to support it, widespread repression and political violence required the support and involvement of entire communities,' the authors write.


Lynchings in the South were highest where cotton was produced and by the time mechanization arrived in the 1930s and removed the need to exploit black workers racist attitudes were sadly engrained.




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What is the point of this.

Hallelujah!

same as the point of these:

mark dice strikes again,,,

oprah isnt on board with obamacare

obamacare can be defeated
food stamp failure incites
goodbye republicans,

or any other number of threads started here,, to invite conversation about shared interests and opinions,,,

"The majority of America's racists live where slavery was most common a new study has revealed." And the majority of fisherman live near the water. Like there needed to be a study to figure this out?..........lol

I would be willing to bet that there was no racism and very few lynchings in Greenland.

U have a lot more racist in Afracia

its a big continent,, over a billion people in over 50 countries,,


that's probably true

Why does anyone care what an English tabloid rag has to say about the United States of America? Maybe they should report on their own countries history of participation in racism and slavery.

I'm sure Nelson Mandela can give some insight and an opinion about who propagated more slavery and racism, the US or the UK. SMH

the university of Rochester is in America

if you prefer to read about the study from an American source,,


http://www.coloradonewsday.com/national/18361-majority-of-america-s-racists-live-in-areas-where-slavery-was-most-common-says-new-study.html

The site you showed in your opening post isn't the university of Rochester.


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That is an ENGLISH rag......got it?

Besides that.....who the hell doesn't know racism still exists?
Once again.....ask Nelson Mandela about who has propagated more slavery and racism.....the US or the UK. SMH

condescend much?

obiously I 'got' that the site was a UK site and therefore apparently not credible or significant to you

that's why I posted an AMERICAN site with the same information

the information originates from the University Of Rochester, its just repeated across the web on different websites,,,

the study was not done in or by anyone in the UK, but by americans,,

and I don't live in the UK or Africa, so I am discussing where I live,,,

You live in a country that affords you the opportunities you wouldn't have in most other parts of the world.

Why not start a thread about that instead of just negative crap. SMH

I also live in a country that affords me the opportunity to be honest and speak up about where improvments can be made

others are free to post threads about the la la land where everything is perfect,, if they wish