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Topic: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias

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Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
OP - March 03, 2011, 03:04 AM

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A meta-analysis of 55 independent studies carried out in the United States with more than 20,000 mostly Christian participants has found that members of religious congregations tend to harbor prejudiced views of other races.

http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/study_links_religion_and_racism.html
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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #1 - March 03, 2011, 04:11 PM

^Rephrasing study findings: people who are ignorant about subject X tend to be ignorant about subject Y. Amazing.

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #2 - March 03, 2011, 08:36 PM

Well ..................................... hmm.

I think it depends on the religion. Islam is highly, utterly divisive. Certain strands of Christianity promote a lot of unity, from my experience.

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #3 - March 03, 2011, 08:37 PM

PS: Love Thy Neighbor

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #4 - March 03, 2011, 09:17 PM

No surprise really. In my experience religious fundamentalists are often always closet racists/xenophobes.

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #5 - March 03, 2011, 09:17 PM

Often or always?

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #6 - March 03, 2011, 09:37 PM

Often always.

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Re: Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
Reply #7 - March 03, 2011, 09:40 PM

Oxymoronic.

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