Interracial Marriage

DieHardBrownsFan

Of course it's racist. My wife is Japanese. We were married in Beaufort, SC in 1977 when I was 23 years old. Some people had no problem, others you could tell didn't approve, the glares we got, etc. Mississippi is one of the worst states in the USA without a doubt. It's redneck to the core. I went to a school in Meridian. They not only hate blacks, asians, etc. They hate yankees. I mostly stayed on base.

Chicopee John

I feel comfortable in saying they hold racist views.

Many of the same folks, I would guess, also are not in favor of marrying a Jew or Catholic either. Heaven forbid a Mormon.

What do Mississippians have to do with the price of tea in china any way?

Chicopee John

For the record the gold standard for polling is +/- 5% accuracy - 95% of the time (some political polls like to get closer than +/- 3% but that is largely symbolic and not statistically much different than the former.

If the selection is representative of the population you wish to survey and the responses are weighted back to the original in order to provide feedback in a representative manner, they something like 375 responses is adequate.

Having more responses really has significantly diminishing returns.

Westside Steve

@chicopee-john said:

I feel comfortable in saying they hold racist views.

Many of the same folks, I would guess, also are not in favor of marrying a Jew or Catholic either. Heaven forbid a Mormon.

What do Mississippians have to do with the price of tea in china any way?

OK Heck, I think that's about right.

Are there any other "questions?"

But let's not pretend this is merely meant to poll the republican candidates, because interracial marrige isn't related to it besides giving people like you a cheap and phony way to smear those candidates.

Hey inner city Democrats, do you think OJ was innocent?

Do you agree or disagree with the Reverend Wright?

Which presidential candidate do [did] you support?

Conclusion Obama ranks high among those who like Wright and OJ.

(like Mississippi racists favor Barbour)

Would you call that a bullshit conclusion or not?

PS I love the VT conclusion that stupid Christian and poor go hand in hand.

I'll expect the usual Hecksonian outrage over that.

WSS

Westside Steve

You missed one VT. I'm sure Heck will scold you for not mentioning that Mississippi also boasts the highest percentage of African Americans of any state.

I mean while we're drawing conclusions and all.

WSS

@vaportrail said:

Well, I'd say that's pretty progressive of them considering the following

They rank worst of all 50 states in the following criteria

They rank ahead of all 50 states in the following criteria.

Sources:

http://www.statemaster.com/state/ms/Bottom-Rankings

http://www.statemaster.com/state/ms/Top-Rankings

At least they're going to church.

heckofajobbrownie

Tell me your answer, Steve. We're not talking about all the other stuff you'd like to change the subject to. Don't take from someone else's post. Just tell me what you think. Are those people racist or not? If yes, why? If not, why not?

Or just say yes or no.

VaporTrail

You missed one VT. I'm sure Heck will scold you for not mentioning that Mississippi also boasts the highest percentage of African Americans of any state.

Actually, that link says they're ranked second in that.

Westside Steve

@vaportrail said:

Actually, that link says they're ranked second in that.

Actually Washington DC isn't a state.

WSS

Mr. T

@heckofajobbrownie said:

Would you be okay with describing those 46% of Mississippi Republicans as holding racist views?

No! But can you believe that this is news worthy?

Thank God people are allowed to have their own views on different issues and not worry about the thought police or manipulation of how people are allowed to think through bully tactics used by the liberal media.

Do you think that liberals are the worlds largest Hate Group?

heckofajobbrownie

...okaaay.

Steve? What do you think? Yes or no?

Westside Steve

@heckofajobbrownie said:

Tell me your answer, Steve. We're not talking about all the other stuff you'd like to change the subject to. Don't take from someone else's post. Just tell me what you think. Are those people racist or not? If yes, why? If not, why not?

Or just say yes or no.

Where did you learn to read, Mississippi?

I agreed with Chicopee.

Yes, without bickering over a definition, I'd call that racist.

Now..........

So what?

WSS

We need Tom Tupa

That's racist. I wish they had asked what the person's race was, though I suppose a poll of 400 republicans in the south is probably not the most diverse bunch.

heckofajobbrownie

Thank you, Steve.

heckofajobbrownie

@we-need-tom-tupa said:

That's racist. I wish they had asked what the person's race was, though I suppose a poll of 400 republicans in the south is probably not the most diverse bunch.

Ha. Yes, that would be a little redundant.

I spend a lot of time in Mississippi and I find this result to be stunning. It's certainly not the most progressive place in the world, but the idea that more than half either think interracial marriage should be illegal or aren't sure, in 2011, is quite the eye opener.

VaporTrail

@westside-steve said:

Actually Washington DC isn't a state.

WSS

Touche'

Westside Steve

@vaportrail said:

Touche'

Does that mean somebody's a touchebag???????

WSS

VaporTrail

lul. I'm so friggin braindead right now. So sick of studying. 8 days til the MCAT!! Once that's out of the way I can get on top of research and get this student organization started.

Paxton

I don't think the government has a right to say whether something is or isn't miscegenation. I go by my own definition.

Chicopee John

@heckofajobbrownie said:

Ha. Yes, that would be a little redundant.

I spend a lot of time in Mississippi and I find this result to be stunning. It's certainly not the most progressive place in the world, but the idea that more than half either think interracial marriage should be illegal or aren't sure, in 2011, is quite the eye opener.

It would be nice to results of a poll of ALL residents of Mississippi with crosstabs for Republicans, Democrats, and Blacks. I honestly wonder if the results would be all that different.