Region & race; opinions & values

razib — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:38:09 +0000

In the post below I combined some of the Census Regions for reasons of sample size. But I decided to do this again without combining, but removing some of the questions because of small sample sizes. Again, I also limited the sample to whites between 1998-2008.

But, I added another category: blacks. Michael Lind said:

Drum's creepy bigotry becomes clear when other groups are substituted: "There are, needless to say, plenty of individual blacks who are wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, black culture is [redacted]. Barack Obama can pretty it up all he wants, but it's a [redacted]." Or maybe this: "There are, needless to say, plenty of individual Jews who are wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, Jewish culture is [redacted]. The late Irving Howe can pretty it up all he wants, but it's a [redacted]."

Below J-Dog notes:

Can we do a recount on the Civil War - and FORCE the crackers in the South to secede now?

Results below....

	Blacks	New Eng	Mid Atlant	Great Lakes	Midwest & Plains	S. Atlant	E. S. Cent	W. S. Centl	Mount	Pacific
*God*
Don't Believe	2.2	4.4	4	3	3.9	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	3.5
No Way To Find Out	0.8	10.4	5.4	5.5	5.8	4.3	1.9	4.3	5.7	6.2
Some Higher Power	3.5	14.8	9.4	11.8	11.6	7.4	2	6.8	9.9	17.5
Believe Sometimes	2.3	5.3	6.7	4.9	3.6	4	1.4	1.5	3.5	5.2
Believe But Doubts	7.5	24.8	22.1	18.3	20.8	14	13.8	15.5	20.8	16.7
Know God Exists	83.7	40.3	52.5	56.6	54.3	68	80.3	69.8	56.9	50.9

*Party*
Democrat	76.5	42.8	43.3	36.2	40.1	34.2	33.3	36.3	40.4	42.7
Independent	15.8	23	20.6	20.5	16.9	18.8	17.4	17.3	15.5	17.3
Republican	7.7	34.2	36.1	43.3	43.1	47	49.3	46.5	44.2	39.9

*Ideology*
Liberal	31.2	33.4	27.8	24.2	25.7	19.7	18.4	18.9	26.3	29.7
Moderate	43.2	37.6	43.3	39.4	40.3	35.4	37	35.4	37.6	34.4
Conservative	25.6	29.1	28.9	36.4	34	44.8	44.6	45.7	36.1	35.9

*Religion*
Protestant	76.6	29	29.2	50.5	58.4	64.5	82.2	61.5	50.4	41.7
Catholic	6.3	42.4	46.5	28.6	22.5	17.5	8.3	23	19.6	22.3
Jewish	0.2	4.8	4.9	1.7	1	3	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.5
No Religion	10.6	19.5	14.1	16.1	14.6	11.5	7.3	10	19.8	24.9

*Education*
Less Than HS	21.2	9.8	12.4	13.3	9.9	11.8	19.4	13.2	9	9.7
HS	57	43	51.2	56.6	57.6	51.5	59	52.5	52.3	50.6
Junior College	8.9	7.7	7.8	7.8	6.8	8.7	6.6	6.9	9.5	8.5
Bachelor	9	24.5	17.5	14.7	16.8	19.4	9.3	18.4	21.9	20.7
Graduate	4	15	11.1	7.6	8.9	8.5	5.7	9	7.4	10.6

*Intelligence*
Dumb (WORDSUM 0-4)	32.7	18.1	14.2	17.1	12	16	23.1	16.7	12.2	10.8
Average (WORDSUM 5-7)	58.8	45	58.8	62.2	59.7	56.7	57.7	58.1	58.6	53.7
Smart (WORDSUM 8-10)	8.4	37	27	20.6	28.3	27.3	19.2	25.2	29.2	35.4

Allow To Speak....
Atheist	65.7	85.1	77.8	81	82.3	75.9	67.3	76.1	86.2	85.1
Racist	53.7	64.1	61.6	67.3	65	55.1	59.9	59.8	68.1	65.9
Homosexual	77.2	91.3	88.7	85.8	86.3	80.3	71.1	80.8	88.6	89

*Protestants*
Fundamentalists	76.7	31.2	25.4	46.9	46.1	55	71.3	59.9	45.6	39
Moderate	15.9	21.4	30.9	27.4	31.9	15.8	12.6	17.4	29.5	36.5
Liberal	7.4	47.3	43.7	25.7	22	29.3	16	22.7	24.9	24.5

*Bible Is....*
Word of God	55.6	16.1	20.7	27.9	25.3	35	51.9	35.4	28.1	21.8
Inspired Word	34.5	52.8	57.3	55.8	55.2	50.3	40.4	51.5	50.7	49.1
Book of Fables	8.6	28.9	20.3	15	18.2	13.1	7.1	12.2	19.9	27

*Great Deal of Confidence In....*
Scientific Community	26.3	46.7	46.3	43.1	46.3	43.3	39.1	44.8	43.7	52.7
Military	39.1	39.8	45.7	48.9	48.5	54.3	60.1	49.9	46.9	40.9
Organized Labor	13	9.4	15.3	12.6	12.6	11.2	10.8	11.9	7.9	15.4
Organized Religion	28.4	17.2	25.8	27	24.7	26.2	28.2	26	21	19.3
Banks	24.5	20.5	26.3	26.2	30.4	29	29.8	30.6	23.7	26

Approve Ban Mandatory School Prayer	24.1	57.7	47.8	40.2	50.1	36.4	26.9	36.5	49.1	53.1
Homosexual Sex Always Wrong	73.1	34.8	42.5	55.2	53.6	60.4	78.7	66.4	51.2	45.5
Strongly Favor Spanking of Children	40.6	11.8	19.7	25.1	23.2	30.7	37.1	31.6	23.6	23.5
Favor Law Against Interracial Marriage	3.8	7.6	9.4	10	10.9	13.9	31.6	16.2	5.4	5.6
Yes – Abortion On Demand	36.6	53.3	47.8	36.9	36.1	37.4	24.3	33.2	45.3	51.7
Never Attend Religious Service	12.5	25.2	22.8	20	17.3	17.9	14.8	15.4	24.7	29.2
Favor Gun Permit	87.4	88.2	88.5	79.2	75.5	80.2	74.9	72.8	69.5	79.9
Legalize Marijuana	28.3	46.4	34.6	36.2	33.6	32.7	27.5	27.9	37.2	43.8

Here are the correlations in responses between the categories sorted:

New England & East South Central	0.6
Black & New England	0.61
Black & Mid Atlantic	0.69
Mid Atlantic & East South Central	0.7
Black & Pacific	0.73
East South Central & Pacific	0.75
New England & West South Central	0.78
Black & Mountain	0.8
New England & South Atlantic	0.81
Black & Midwest	0.81
Black & Great Lakes	0.83
East South Central & Mountain	0.84
Mid Atlantic & West South Central	0.85
Black & South Atlantic	0.86
Midwest & East South Central	0.87
Mid Atlantic & South Atlantic	0.87
Black & West South Central	0.87
Great Lakes & East South Atlantic	0.88
New England & Midwest	0.88
New England & Great Lakes	0.88
West South Central & Pacific	0.89
Black & East South Central	0.89
South Atlantic & Pacific	0.9
New England & Mountain	0.9
Mid Atlantic & Midwest	0.93
Mid Atlantic & Mountain	0.93
Mid Atlantic & Great Lakes	0.94
New England & Pacific	0.94
Mid Atlantic & Pacific	0.94
South Atlantic & East South Central	0.95
West South Central & Mountain	0.95
Great Lakes & Pacific	0.95
South Atlantic & Mountain	0.95
East South Central & West South Central	0.95
New England & Mid Atlantic	0.96
Midwest & West South Central	0.96
Midwest & South Atlantic	0.96
Midwest & Pacific	0.96
Great Lakes & West South Atlantic	0.97
Great Lakes & South Atlantic	0.97
Mountain & Pacific	0.98
Great Lakes & Mountains	0.98
Midwest & Mountain	0.99
Great Lakes & Midwest	0.99
South Atlantic & West South Central	0.99

As hinted in Lind's piece, the group of white Americans that black Americans resemble most of their values and outlook are Southerners, in particular the most culturally conservative Southern block. On a host of social issues black Americans resemble white Americans from Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. But, since they vote Democrat all is forgiven I suppose. Now, if I blacks ever did start voting their social attitudes, I wonder what equivalent of "crackers" they would be labelled. Oh, wait....

Addendum: Removing political party affiliation, and the correlation between blacks and the "East South Central" goes from 0.89 to 0.95.

razib Sun, 08/23/2009 - 09:38

A Song for your Sunday

awild — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:03:46 +0000

A Song for your Sunday

The BBQ Song.Â Once this gets in your head, good luck.Â It won't come out.

awild Sun, 09/21/2008 - 08:03

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A Song for your Sunday