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[quote=Anonymous]Actually, a number of studies have confirmed correlations between conservative ideology and racist attitudes.  Conservatives believe in an individualist ideology that blames the disadvantaged members of our society for their own ills.

Here's an excerpt from a column by Goal Auzeen Saidi from Psychology Today:

[An article from] Psychological Science, which in essence confirms this [correlation between racism, lower IQ, and conservative ideology]:  
 
Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology. They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

Full text of the column at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Another article on the same study:  http://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html

The poster who suggests that to note conservatives are more likely to be racist is racist clearly fails to understand the institutional and systemic nature of racism.

And hating taxes does not make you a conservative in an of itself.  Conservatism as an ideology is a bit more complex than that.  Libertarians also hate taxes. I generally find libertarians much less racist and more intelligent than conservatives.

Note that the studies do not state that there is a causative link between conservatism and racism, but a correlation.  That doesn't mean all conservatives are racist or of low IQ, and the studies are based on averages within groups.  I've known some perfectly nice, non-racist conservatives.  One is actually among my closest friends.  That said, the correlation is there, and when you get large groups of conservatives together, there is a higher probability that someone in that group is going to be racist.  Usually, in a place like Beauvoir, the parents will be smart enough to hide it.  Their children may not be able to.

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