Are you a Racist?

Twelve statements adapted from the questionnaires researchers use to measure prejudice: the Modern Racism Scale, the Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale, and older studies of stereotypes and social distance. They cover four themes: a hierarchy of races, stereotypes, resentment, and denial that discrimination exists. Say how far you agree with each one.

This is a lesson with a score attached, not a validated psychological test. The statements apply to any race or group, not just one. It takes about three minutes. At the end you get a percentage and the source of every statement. Nothing you answer is saved or sent anywhere.

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The hierarchy statements

Your percentage by theme

On their own, some of these are weak signals. People can oppose special programmes or argue about how much discrimination is left for reasons that have nothing to do with race, and researchers still debate how well the modern and symbolic racism scales separate prejudice from conservative views on government. What every scale agrees on is the core: the belief that some races are born better than others.

Your answers and where each statement comes from

    For properly validated measures, look at the Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale (Henry and Sears, 2002), the Modern Racism Scale (McConahay, 1986) or the Implicit Association Test at Project Implicit. Those scales were written about Black and white Americans; the statements here are reworded to apply to any race or group.

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