Mississippians have a problem with interracial marriage (Duh)

[VolinMichigan]

Ran across this article and thought it was interesting but not surprising. In a recent poll it was revealed that 46% of Mississippi Republicans think interracial marriage should be made illegal. Thoughts?opcorn:

AMERICAblog News: Poll: Miss. Republicans think inter-racial marriage should be illegal

 

[droski]

i question their methadology.

 

[MG1968]

PPP surveyed 400 usual Mississippi Republican primary voters from March 24th
The survey’s margin of error is +/-4.9%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed
and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

ask the same question to an equal number of Mississippi democrats and you'd probably get a similar percentage

resistance to interracial marriages isn't a problem exclusive to white people or republicans, just ask Louis Farrakhan.

 

[lawgator1]

ask the same question to an equal number of Mississippi democrats and you'd probably get a similar percentage

resistance to interracial marriages isn't a problem exclusive to white people or republicans, just ask Louis Farrakhan.

An argument could be made, based on your cited portion, that the real number is much higher, and that when some were asked about it and realized that they and their state would be mocked by the results of the survey, declined to participate.

 

[n_huffhines]

If gays can't marry why should inter-racials?

 

[n_huffhines]

There could be huge sampling errors (was it random sampling, is there selection bias). A 400 observation survey representative of a population of 500,000+ is likely to be flawed.

 

[MG1968]

An argument could be made, based on your cited portion, that the real number is much higher, and that when some were asked about it and realized that they and their state would be mocked by the results of the survey, declined to participate.

so good of you to completely ignore my larger point that resistance to interracial marriage is by no means a problem exclusively with 46% of Mississippi republicans (allegedly).

 

[lawgator1]

so good of you to completely ignore my larger point that resistance to interracial marriage is by no means a problem exclusively with 46% of Mississippi republicans (allegedly).

Didn't catch that this was your point, but of course you are right on that.

 

[IPorange]

An argument could be made, based on your cited portion, that the real number is much higher, and that when some were asked about it and realized that they and their state would be mocked by the results of the survey, declined to participate.

Perhaps, but as he said, it is hardly something that is limited to republicans or whites.

 

[SDV]

If gays can't marry why should inter-racials?

Because homosexuals are not a protected class, like races.
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[tvolsfan]

Ran across this article and thought it was interesting but not surprising. In a recent poll it was revealed that 46% of Mississippi Republicans think interracial marriage should be made illegal. Thoughts?opcorn:

AMERICAblog News: Poll: Miss. Republicans think inter-racial marriage should be illegal

I honestly have a hard time believing this number is that high, but the responses in this thread seem to indicate otherwise.

 

[tvolsfan]

Perhaps, but as he said, it is hardly something that is limited to republicans or whites.

I know a whole bunch of Indians that would like to second this statement.

 

[VOLatile]

I honestly have a hard time believing this number is that high, but the responses in this thread seem to indicate otherwise.

The only reason I tend to believe the number is because it is Mississippi. Still skeptical.
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[tvolsfan]

The only reason I tend to believe the number is because it is Mississippi. Still skeptical.
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It wouldn't seem as hard to believe if it said that percentage thought marriage should be kept inside the same race, but it's much harder to believe that 46% simply want to make it illegal.

 

[VOLatile]

It wouldn't seem as hard to believe if it said that percentage thought marriage should be kept inside the same race, but it's much harder to believe that 46% simply want to make it illegal.

Oh, I don't believe the illegal part.

 

[JTrainDavis]

I know a whole bunch of Indians that would like to second this statement.

They should stick to burning wagons.
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[tvolsfan]

They should stick to burning wagons.
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I think you're talking about the wrong kind of Indian.

 

[VOLatile]

I find Indian (not so much Native American) women very attractive for some reason. Maybe it's the exotic thing...

 

[rmsmith]

I find Indian (not so much Native American) women very attractive for some reason. Maybe it's the exotic thing...

How many times have you watched pocahontas. be honest
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[JTrainDavis]

I think you're talking about the wrong kind of Indian.

The war paint kind, like Sitting Bull, Gandhi, Graham Greene, and Rebecca Hazlewood.
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[n_huffhines]

The war paint kind, like Sitting Bull, Gandhi, Graham Greene, and Rebecca Hazlewood.
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"I think we've all seen Bonanza"

 

[VOLatile]

How many times have you watched pocahontas. be honest
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Pocahontas was Native American, not from India.

 

[n_huffhines]

Pocahontas was Native American, not from India.

Howsabout that nice slice on Slumdog Millionaire?

 

[VOLatile]

Howsabout that nice slice on Slumdog Millionaire?

OH. YES. SIR. :thumbsup:

 

[milohimself]

Howsabout that nice slice on Slumdog Millionaire?

All I gleaned from the article is that they managed to find a couple hundred registered Republicans in the state of Mississippi who want to outlaw interracial marriage. I don't find that very shocking.