Psychological Study finds Bush backers more biased against blacks

[adigal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/29/AR2006012900642_pf.html

This study showed that those who support Bush, or Republicans, are more biased against blacks than those who do not support Bush.

"The analysis found that substantial majorities of Americans, liberals and conservatives, found it more difficult to associate black faces with positive concepts than white faces -- evidence of implicit bias. But districts that registered higher levels of bias systematically produced more votes for Bush.

"Obviously, such research does not speak at all to the question of the prejudice level of the president," said Banaji, "but it does show that George W. Bush is appealing as a leader to those Americans who harbor greater anti-black prejudice."

Wow, what a surprise!! Are you as shocked as I am? The researcherss were, of course, accused to being biased themselves, since the researchers had given campaign donations to Democrats in the past (I guess when you are paying journalists and all, you expect that the Dems are paying people to say mean things against you too.)

And this, from Krosnick, a psychologist and political scientist from Stanford, who assessed the studies:

""If anyone in Washington is skeptical about these findings, they are in denial," he said. "We have 50 years of evidence that racial prejudice predicts voting. Republicans are supported by whites with prejudice against blacks. If people say, 'This takes me aback,' they are ignoring a huge volume of research."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. I wonder how much money that study cost?

I could have told them for free.

[endarkenment]

2. New study finds sun rises in east, sets in west. eom.

[Spinzonner]

3. I'm sure Rove will be gratified to hear this scientific validation

of his strategy. Not publicly, of course ...

[AspenRose]

4. In other news....sun rises in East. Water is wet.

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."--Kayne West

[pitohui]

5. what was their first clue

talk abt captain obvious

but i'm glad such studies are done if they can bring the GOP's bigotry out into the open

[guidod]

12. Their bigotry has been there for

as long as I can remember. The only colors the repukes know of are white and green.

[ieoeja]

6. Talked to RWer other day about why.

We both agreed: African-Americans are generally more conservative than the average. He asked why they don't vote Republican. I got a few seconds into listing various issues which cause blacks to believe Republicans hate them, and he quickly launched into a litany of reasons that Republicans take the position they do on those issues without waiting to hear why blacks took the opposite position. When he finally ran down, I just leaned back, smiled and said, "and you just demonstrated once again why blacks don't vote Republican".

[Initech]

7. Wow, was anyone honestly surprised by this?

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Study finds sky is blue, water wet.

ice is cold.

[ArmchairActivist]

9. You can take the test yourself if you like...

At this link here:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

This link has gone around the web a few times already, and even made an appearance on 'King of the Hill'

-AA

[BamaLefty]

14. Yeah, we took that test in English class about a week ago n/t

[Rex]

10. George Bush hates black people.

He didn't just say it because it sounded good, it is true. George Bush hates black people.

[Brewman_Jax]

11. And republicans have the nerve to wonder

why black people don't vote for them.

[FrenchieCat]

13. No shit!

Funny how I knew that without a study! :shrug:

Must be my built in radar and the "Black" in me! :)

[DiverDave]

15. The first thing that I thought

when I saw this was "Now theres a surprise".

I read a story about a black delegate to the republican national convention in Philadelphia.
Seems this black man was a delegate (don't ask me why) had all his I.D. tags on, standing in front of the hotel.
A bunch of white delegates arrive and tell him to take their bags inside.
How does he feel now?, and I wonder if he is still a repukelican?

Yeah, they like black folks.

[applegrove]

16. Right - so they can communcate that by making & hanging pinatas

of Jessie Jackson - to raise money.

[UrbScotty]

17. I'm shocked. Shocked, I say. (nt)

[msgadget]

18. Noooooo way! n/t