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[Big_Bird]

This black American professor thinks that the US is more racist than the UK. What do you think?

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[Pluto]

I don't know how you go about quantifying such a thing which is why I chose the fifth choice. It seems to me entirely subjective. That being said, I really hope that this doesn't turn into a p1ssing contest. I've never even been to the UK so I cannot really compare. I will say this though. In the northern states we harp on about how we always despised slavery and we never had the Jim Crow laws, supposedly. There was/is racisism in the north, it just manifested itself in different ways Yet, when Martin Luther King visited Chicago, he said it was the "most racist city in America." There is some truth to that. After all, we had the projects which ended up being run down crime ridden ghettos. This is much like the Algerian community in France though not to the same extent. I've done some research on this from my reading. Steve Levitt touched on it lightly, in Freakonomics, in his work. I'll have to go back and do some research to fully comment.

[Julius]

Ethnic groups seem to be markedly separate in the U.S.

This is not really the case in the UK. They're much more integrated. (With the possible exception of muslims.)

[cbclark4]

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[yushin]

the south of the USA was like South Africa only 30 or 40 years ago (eg separate toilets, drinking fountains etc)...UK is racist but we're a lot more subtle about it...

[Masta_Don]

It does seem to be that England (and Europe as a whole) hate Muslims more than Americans do. Or at least that's how it's portrayed abroad.

[Alyallen]

Interesting question.

I should ask my Brit cousins their opinions on the matter. Hell, I should ask my Canadian cousins as well to make it a real interesting case study.

But....I honestly don't know. I personally have dealt with more racism in 3+ years in Korea than in 22 years in America and I've never been to England....

Racism is everywhere. Plunk a white guy in Jamaica and I'm sure his experiences might be quite different from my own. I don't see the point comparing places. In the end, racism is bad and ranking countries based on its presence, whether subtle or in your face, doesn't help matters...

[Gopher]

This question aims to quantify a moving target from the perspective of a moving target.

That is, I do not think people can isolate this question and the subject matter from their preexisting views regarding the United States (especially in the current political environment). This question, then, can serve no other purpose but to declare British moral superiority vis-a-vis the United States.

Congratulations, Noam.

[Kuros]

When a person, from anywhere in the world, comes to America and gains citizenship, they are considered Americans.

I'm told that in Britain it is not quite the same.

Furthermore, America has some of the strongest anti-discrimination laws in the world.

I know that if you're talking about certain parts of America, particularly the Northeast (excluding perhaps Maine), it would easily be less racist than any place in Britain.

I think British fall into a huge trap whenever they treat America as a whole. Its such a big country, that its hard to come up with any reliable stereotype that wouldn't be defeated by travelling to many other parts of the same country. People on this board have the same trouble when they talk about China.

[bigverne]

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[Ya-ta Boy]

I have no clue how you would quantify such a thing as racism, so I'll stay out of that debate.

I am curious about two things. When did Britain start getting ethnic minorities (except for the Scotch, Welsh and Irish)? How are ethnic minorities doing in terms of representation in Parliament?

[Kuros]