Why do misperceptions become widespread? More often than not, they have been spread by elites seeking political advantage. … Consider the prevalence of Holocaust denial, which a large multicountry poll released last week by the Anti-Defamation League found to be highest in the predominantly Muslim countries of the Middle East […] Read more »
Where the ADL’s Global Anti-Semitism Survey Falters
Yesterday the Anti-Defamation League released the ADL Global 100, a worldwide study of anti-Semitic attitudes. It’s a big, comprehensive report, and it includes some fascinating results — Iran, for instance, has less anti-Semitism than anywhere else in the Middle East or North Africa. And 35 percent of the world’s population […] Read more »
Global Survey: One in Four People Harbor Anti-Semitic Beliefs
The Anti-Defamation League’s first ever global survey of anti-Semitic attitudes has found that one-quarter of its survey’s respondents, representing 4.1 billion adults around the world, harbor negative stereotypes about Jews. The ADL surveyed 53,100 adults in 102 countries, presenting them with a list of 11 Jewish stereotypes, ranging from fear […] Read more »
The Racial Tensions Lurking Under the Surface of American Society
… Well before the election of the first black president in 2008, the condemnation of direct and open expressions of racism had become a social norm. While the fading acceptability of openly racist attitudes is to be celebrated, it clearly does not mean that race no longer matters or that […] Read more »
Professors Are Prejudiced, Too
In the world of higher education, we professors like to believe that we are free from the racial and gender biases that afflict so many other people in society. But is this self-conception accurate? To find out, we conducted an experiment. CONT. Dolly Chugh, Katherine L. Milkman & Modupe Akinola, […] Read more »
Wide Support for Sterling’s Punishment, Though There Are Racial Divides
As the fallout continues from the disclosure of racist remarks made by Donald Sperling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, a national New York Times/CBS News poll showed that while there is wide support for the actions taken by the N.B.A., there are deep racial divisions among basketball fans. […] Read more »