These are usually white people.
"White schoolchildren in Britain's poorest communities lag behind peers who are black or of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin."
This is according to a Financial Times analysis of more than 3m sets of exam results.
"Poor white children even achieve worse average results than deprived pupils for whom English is a second language."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760d03d4-6f71-11e0-952c-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2DOuovgde
It is generally these 'poor whites' who write the 'ignorant' comments on blogs.
"White schoolchildren in Britain's poorest communities lag behind peers who are black or of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin."
This is according to a Financial Times analysis of more than 3m sets of exam results.
"Poor white children even achieve worse average results than deprived pupils for whom English is a second language."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760d03d4-6f71-11e0-952c-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2DOuovgde
It is generally these 'poor whites' who write the 'ignorant' comments on blogs.
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In the UK, "Poor white children have fallen behind by the time they reach the age of seven...
"In Hull, the worst-performing local authority area, a child eligible for free school meals, a widely used indicator of poverty, has a more than two-thirds chance of finishing in the bottom fifth of national exam results at the age of 16."
Matthew Shepard was an American student who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. Shepard was targeted because he was gay.[1]. A gay teenager was reportedly murdered by his uncle and father in Turkey because of his sexuality, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
Dumb whites tend to see things in simple black and white terms.
People who give in to racism, and prejudice against people like gays, may simply be poorly educated.
Read the article.
"The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults."
Dumb whites tend to see things in simple black and white terms.
A study by Edinburgh University researchers found that childhood intelligence is linked to voting preferences and political involvement in adulthood.
British National Party voters, some of whom are fans of Hitler, had the lowest average intelligence - scoring just 98.4.
BNP voters have lowest IQ
British National Party voters, some of whom are fans of Hitler, had the lowest average intelligence - scoring just 98.4.
BNP voters have lowest IQ
The USA also has its poorly educated, fundamentalist whites.
People who give in to racism, and prejudice against people like gays, may simply be poorly educated.
Read the article.
"The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults."
The research was led by Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario.
"Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward racist and prejudiced political beliefs, the study found.
Earlier studies have found links between low levels of education and higher levels of prejudice.
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Low intelligence in childhood corresponded with racism in adulthood.
"There is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world."
According to Hodson: "Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," something which appeals to people with low intelligence. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice."
In a study in the United States, Hodson and Busseri compared 254 people with the same amount of education but different levels of ability in abstract reasoning.
According to Hodson: "Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," something which appeals to people with low intelligence. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice."
In a study in the United States, Hodson and Busseri compared 254 people with the same amount of education but different levels of ability in abstract reasoning.
They found that people who were poorer at abstract reasoning were more likely to exhibit prejudice against gays.
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Brian Nosek, a social and cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia, says: "I think that lower cognitive capacity can lead to multiple simple ways to represent the world, and one of those can be embodied in a right-wing ideology..."
Brian Nosek, a social and cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia, says: "I think that lower cognitive capacity can lead to multiple simple ways to represent the world, and one of those can be embodied in a right-wing ideology..."
"There may be cognitive limits in the ability to take the perspective of others, particularly foreigners," Hodson says.
"Much of the present research literature suggests that our prejudices are primarily emotional in origin rather than cognitive."