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Old 01-31-2008, 08:07 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by pelagius View Post
I agree that we're not progressive as a people on these issues and one can certainly make a good argument that we should be but doesn't Mauss' survey data suggest that we don't tend to suffer from a extreme or obvious racial bias.
One explanation could be that much of the US's LDS population is centered in the west - an area historically less racist than the rest of the country (for a variety of reasons).
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