Americans divide essentially evenly on whether Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling should have been forced to sell his team after being recorded making racist comments in a private conversation – possibly a moot question, but a contentious one nonetheless. CONT. Ryan Struyk, ABC News Read more »
Racists are likelier to oppose health reform when they think about Barack Obama
On Wednesday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller argued that some of the opposition to Obamacare is motivated by race. Rockefeller wasn’t particularly artful in his comments and it’s easy to see why Sen. Ron Johnson was offended. But Rockefeller is right. Michael Tesler, a political scientist at Brown University, studied this question […] Read more »
The Great White Hope
Three unlikely sources are providing qualified encouragement to Republicans who are either openly or covertly committed to a campaign strategy that focuses on white turnout, as opposed to seeking votes from Hispanics and African Americans. … These studies present a challenge to those who have declared that the Republican Party […] Read more »
The Role of Elites in Holocaust Denial
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 »
Legacy of Wisconsin’s polarization: No consensus, little common ground
There are more than a million and a half people in metropolitan Milwaukee, yet few can expect to cast a truly meaningful vote in a congressional election in the fall. They likely won’t cast a meaningful vote in a state Senate election this fall either. Or a state Assembly election. […] Read more »