The most racist areas in the United States - Map / Daily Kos

[Mira]

http://dailykos.com/story/2015/05/03/1381214/-The-most-racist-areas-in-the-United-States?detail=email



There are neighborhoods in Baltimore in which the life expectancy is 19 years less than other neighborhoods in the same city. Residents of the Downtown/Seaton Hill neighborhood have a life expectancy lower than 229 other nations, exceeded only by Yemen. According to the Washington Post, 15 neighborhoods in Baltimore have a lower life expectancy than North Korea.
North Korea.
And while those figures represent some of the most dramatic disparities in the life expectancy of black Americans as opposed to whites, a recent study of the health impacts of racism in America reveals that racist attitudes may cause up to 30,000 early deaths every year.

The study, Association between an Internet-Based Measure of Area Racism and Black Mortality, has just been published in PLOS ONE and has mapped out the most racist areas in the United States. As illustrated above, they are mostly located in the rural Northeast and down along the Appalachian Mountains into the South. How they did it and what it may mean are below the fold.
We already know about the racism that led to Jim Crow, the KKK, and lynchings. We also know about the racism that has become embedded in our justice system, from cops who kill, to prosecutors who ensure that blacks receive longer prison terms than do whites. We know that those sentencing disparities lead to greater disenfranchisement of blacks.

We think we know how racism has injured and killed black Americans. But do we really? There are the obvious cases, like Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner, but what about the silent killers? The hypertension and the chronic medical conditions that lead so many more blacks to an early grave than they do whites. Could racist attitudes lead to 30,000 early deaths every year?
According to the authors of the study, current research points to a variety of causes for the disparities in health between white and black Americans, many of which can be traced to racial segregation. Many blacks are restricted to high-crime neighborhoods that are lacking in outdoor recreational areas, access to healthy foods, and decent health care. Discrimination in employment leads to lower wages that further impact the ability to enjoy healthy food, exercise, and recreation.

more of the study at link above

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[GreatGazoo]

1. Looks like a 50 state tie for First Place

ugh...

[former9thward]

6. Not to me.

Looks like 90% of it is east of the Mississippi.

[el_bryanto]

21. Have you been checked for colorblindness? nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. And once again, Alabama says....

Thank god for Mississippi.

[former9thward]

5. Looks like more racism north of the Mason-Dixon line than south of it.

[CreekDog]

13. that"s wrong

but your answer fits the message your trying to send, though the facts don't.

[former9thward]

14. I am looking at the map in the OP.

You must be looking at another one.

[CreekDog]

24. You must think the Mason Dixon line is at least 500 miles south of its actual location

But with or without the map, this is a meme you'd like to push anyway.

[former9thward]

25. You love to state bash.

This map is not helpful for your cause.

[CreekDog]

26. Skip Intro said the exact same thing

I didn't bash any state. You must be exactly as confused as he was when he said it.

[GayPleb]

3. Flawed Methodology

I did not know that internet search history is an accurate measure of an areas racism...

[wingzeroday]

4. Extremely flawed

Did the people doing the study take into account a myriad of factors such as an uptake in certain keyword searches during phases of viral and or memetic spurts of interest following the use of a slur by politicians or controversial figures?

Progressive sites with large user bases which document and discuss such statements could be leading to an increase of searches as people look for more information on the precipitating incident.

[beltanefauve]

7. The whole state

of Rhode Island is marked in deep blue.
That can't be right.

[Emelina]

8. Many blue states are dark blue on racism then?

Interesting.

[Major Hogwash]

9. Interesting study.

I was surprised to see Arizona somewhat below the average.

[JonLP24]

12. I live here

I don't buy it, I ran into people spouting racist nonsense that elects a racist legislature and a racist Sheriff.

[former9thward]

15. I live in AZ also.

I never run into people "spouting racist nonsense". Don't know where you live...

[JonLP24]

16. Mesa

If you can't tell Arizona is racist then I can't help you.

[former9thward]

17. People love to state bash on this site.

And I am not looking for any help from you. If this map showed AZ dark blue everyone would be saluting the map as completely scientific and to even question it would be the 'war on science'. But since it does not show that, its 'I don't buy it'....

[JonLP24]

18. I live here

When I was up in the Tacoma area it was a completely different experience I have lived here for about 21 years total but with all the right wing militias racial profiling -- I've known Native Americans to get caught up in the immigration sweeps have their citizen status questioned & the whole legislature who keeps electing these people? Our legislature continually & never quits going after minority studies in high school or Universities (they can't really do it there -- Russell Pearce tried though).

[former9thward]

19. I have lived in Tempe for many years.

I previously lived in the most segregated city in the U.S. -- Chicago. You go into the working class bars in Chicago and you will always hear the 'n' word being used openly and continuously. And these are all Daley Democrats. I have never heard the 'n' word since I left Chicago and that includes living a year in Alabama.

[JonLP24]

20. I can't say I have heard the word a lot

but I can't say never, a lot of closeted racism here. The kind where they pretend to be your friend & insult you behind your back. Growing up and Tempe is really one of the better places of Arizona I thought racism was something that only existed in the dark corners, my ex-wife is black so when I first dating her it was like a shock. A lot of people that I would never figure to be racist started giving me their racist opinions and racism is everywhere, it just seems to be more of it here.

[JHB]

10. Link to the actual study:

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122963
or
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122963

The study lists their methodology. Also pay attention to the "Comments" tab for critiques of the paper and methodology.

[JonLP24]

11. I don't buy this map

If dark blue means more racist than why is the entire state of Arizona light blue? East Mesa alone should be a dark shade of blue.

[el_bryanto]

22. It looks like the methodology was to google within specific areas for the term N*****

The main predictor variable of this study is area racism within DMAs [23]. This previously developed variable was calculated as the proportion of total Internet search queries containing the “N-word” (singular or plural) using Google from 2004–2007. More colloquial forms of the “N-word” (i.e., ending in “-a” or “-as”) were not included given prior analysis of top searches revealing that these versions were used in different contexts compared to searches of the term ending in “-er” or “-ers” [23].

DMAs are Designated Market Areas.

That seems like a methodology with certain flaws. The unwillingness to use the term N****** doesn't necessarily prove that someone isn't a racist. Particularly in the west and mountain states it seems likely they will have been socialized not to use it; that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't see blacks as inferior.

Bryant

[jwirr]

31. I wonder about the methodology also. Take Minnesota. Other than in the cities we do not have a

large black population. I would guess it I had to indicate the states attitude about black persons it would be more like "what about it?". It does not play a huge roll in how most people think.

If you want to test the racial attitudes in NE MN talk about Native Americans.

If you want to test the idea in SW MN talk about Hispanic people.

If you want to look at the twin cities your are going to have to take a look at many different races: blacks, Native Americans, various people from Asia and various people from the ME. There is a real mixture of people in the cities. Plenty opportunity for racism.

[XemaSab]

23. Shitty methodology in the study, shitty analysis in the article

Garbage in, garbage out.

[murielm99]

27. I think I will stick with the SPLC

maps. They keep close tabs on all types of hate groups. We support the Southern Poverty Law Center financially, too.

http://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

[jwirr]

32. Yes, I think that map shows us more about racism.

[KamaAina]

28. "15 neighborhoods in Baltimore have a lower life expectancy than North Korea."

So Baltimore really is exactly like North Korea after all!

[KamaAina]

29. L.A. County? Really?

I don't think so.

[Inkfreak]

30. Kind of a useless map. And idea, really.

As we are all Americans and the fact that there's more racism in one area reflects on us all. One has to be pretty darn silly indeed to believe simply living in a "less racist" area makes that state or themselves better in any way. We are the UNITED States of America. Don't be so fucking happy about your precieved awesomeness when minorities in OUR country still get fucked with daily.

This "My state is better" shit that goes on here is so stupid.