But I already discussed how policy positions changed when people grew aware of our growing diversity (what I considered unconscious bias, as nobody I know would consciously do that), so I want to think a bit more about the other study mentioned -
The single survey item with the highest average correlation with
antidemocratic sentiments is not a measure of attitudes toward Trump,
but an item inviting respondents to agree that “discrimination against
whites is as big a problem today as discrimination against blacks and
other minorities.” Not far behind are items positing that “things have
changed so much that I often feel like a stranger in my own country,”
that immigrants get more than their fair share of government resources,
that people on welfare often have it better than those who work for a
living, that speaking English is “essential for being a true American,”
and that African-Americans “need to stop using racism as an excuse.”
I disagree with pretty much every one of those statements, but I have heard them. Particularly the language one (funny how our Founding Fathers deliberately didn't make English the national language. And it wasn't uncommon for a particular town to only speak Polish or German or somesuch. I drove through a town in Indiana I think? It had a strong Swiss feel iirc. Might have been Vevay, but the map doesn't look right. Idk, I've driven through quite a bit of the rural Midwest at one point or another).
God, racism is so stupid. And makes people do evil things.
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