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LeftishBrit

(41,203 posts)

7. There's quite a lot of evidence for that..

Reply to Bad Dog (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:53 AM

Mar 2016

Many studies show that the most prejudiced against immigrants, etc. tend to be people who live in places with few or no immigrants. While some of it may be choice (prejudiced people may not choose to live in areas with many immigrants; immigrants may prefer to live in areas where prejudice is low), most people don't have THAT much choice about where they should live, and a lot of it does seem to be that a lack of contact helps the prejudices to thrive.