One can always (strike)found(strike) find an outlier. (sheesh)

Post #403,113

6/29/15 9:28:16 PM

6/29/15 9:43:24 PM

Though finding one here (an article about a "support the Confederate flag" rally in SC) may be tough...

Pew poll from 2011:

Racial Differences in Reactions to Confederate Flag

Only a small number of Americans say they display the Confederate flag, but that symbol of the Southern cause elicits more negative reactions from some groups – especially African Americans, Democrats and the highly educated. Nevertheless, most Americans say they do not react positively or negatively when they see the Confederate flag.

Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) say they display the Confederate flag in places such as their home or office, on their car or on their clothing; 91% say they do not. The number that displays the Confederate flag is just a small fraction of the 75% who say they display the American flag in their homes or offices, on their cars or their clothing.

Far more African Americans than whites have a negative reaction to the Confederate flag (41% to 29%). Still, about as many blacks have no reaction (45%) as a negative reaction to the Confederate flag. Among whites, 61% have no reaction.

Whites who consider themselves Southerners have a more positive reaction to the Confederate flag than do other whites: 22% say they react positively when they see the Confederate flag displayed, compared with 8% of all whites and just 4% of whites who do not consider themselves Southerners.

Nearly half of those with at least a college degree (46%) say they have a negative reaction to the display of the Confederate flag, compared with a third (33%) of those with some college experience and just 18% of those with a high school diploma or less.

There also are partisan differences in reactions to the flag: about twice as many Democrats (44%) as Republicans (21%) react negatively to displays of the Confederate flag. And Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a positive reaction to the flag (15% vs. 7%).

(Emphasis added.)

The Confederate flag isn't a "Southern" thing - it's a "Southern White" thing (and a thing among those who have similar sentiments).

FWIW.

Cheers,
Scott.

Edited by Another Scott June 29, 2015, 09:43:24 PM EDT

One can always found an outlier.

Though finding one here (an article about a "support the Confederate flag" rally in SC) may be tough...

Pew poll from 2011:

Racial Differences in Reactions to Confederate Flag

Only a small number of Americans say they display the Confederate flag, but that symbol of the Southern cause elicits more negative reactions from some groups – especially African Americans, Democrats and the highly educated. Nevertheless, most Americans say they do not react positively or negatively when they see the Confederate flag.

Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) say they display the Confederate flag in places such as their home or office, on their car or on their clothing; 91% say they do not. The number that displays the Confederate flag is just a small fraction of the 75% who say they display the American flag in their homes or offices, on their cars or their clothing.

Far more African Americans than whites have a negative reaction to the Confederate flag (41% to 29%). Still, about as many blacks have no reaction (45%) as a negative reaction to the Confederate flag. Among whites, 61% have no reaction.

Whites who consider themselves Southerners have a more positive reaction to the Confederate flag than do other whites: 22% say they react positively when they see the Confederate flag displayed, compared with 8% of all whites and just 4% of whites who do not consider themselves Southerners.

Nearly half of those with at least a college degree (46%) say they have a negative reaction to the display of the Confederate flag, compared with a third (33%) of those with some college experience and just 18% of those with a high school diploma or less.

There also are partisan differences in reactions to the flag: about twice as many Democrats (44%) as Republicans (21%) react negatively to displays of the Confederate flag. And Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a positive reaction to the flag (15% vs. 7%).

(Emphasis added.)

The Confederate flag isn't a "Southern" thing - it's a "Southern White" thing (and a thing among those who have similar sentiments).

FWIW.

Cheers,
Scott.

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Post #403,120

by boxley

6/29/15 10:59:21 PM

would be curious of a pew poll that asked the following question in the north

if you saw a white man eating grits at dinner would you say he is racist? Has different tastes? Who could eat that shit at any time?
polls are important and I have already stated that flag has no business on public buildings. Other places have many reasons to fly it, not all of them in support of slavery or Jim Crow.

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