Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 05 2014, @01:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the "I'm-not-racist-but..." dept.

White Americans may view diversity and multiculturalism more negatively as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation, UCLA psychologists report.

As part of their study, the researchers divided 98 white Americans from all regions of the country — half male, half female, with an average age of 37 — randomly into two groups. One group was told that whites will no longer be the majority in the U.S. by 2050; in fact, this is likely to be true as soon as 2043, according to some projections. The second group was told that whites would retain their majority status in the U.S. through at least 2050. All participants were then asked a series of questions about their views on diversity.

“Whites feel lukewarm about diversity when they are told that they are about to lose their majority status in the United States for the first time,” said Yuen Huo, UCLA professor of psychology and the study’s senior author.
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/soon-to-become-a-minority-in-the-u-s-whites-express-declining-support-for-diversity-ucla-psychology-study-finds

[PAPER]: No Longer “All-American”? Whites’ Defensive Reactions to Their Numerical Decline:
http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/08/13/1948550614546355

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday October 05 2014, @07:45AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday October 05 2014, @07:45AM (#101934) Journal

    The "molehill" that is the cause of the conflict is simply a text in Islam's Holy Book that orders believers to conquer unbelievers and kill them if they fail to convert.

    This is just plain wrong, according to Islam itself. You must be one of those idiot infidel muslims who base your theology on the fundamentalist Christians.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2