Blog # 10

In the article "A Generation of Bigots Comes of Age," author Richard Cohen talks about how the younger generation has turned into a generation of bigots. If a person thinks about the United States as a country, typically it is found that the more schooling a person has, the more likely they will be more tolerant. So for that reason, older people who should have the most education, would be the most tolerant age group. But according to a survey done by the Anti-Defamation League, this is no longer true. "For instance, when white people were asked if blacks prefer to remain on welfare rather than work, 42 percent of the respondents 50 years old or older said the statement was 'probably true.' Predictably, the figure plummeted to 29 percent for those 30 to 49. but then it jumped to 36 percent for respondents under 30." About 68 percent of the younger respondents said that blacks "complain too much about racism," and 63 percent said that blacks "stick together more than others." for both of those statements, the younger age group agreed more than any other age group. A reason for all of this is plain and clear; the younger age group is ignorant of recent American history. Most kids these days know nothing of the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s.

I agree that the youngest age group is the most tolerant because we have learned that everyone is equal. I think that in the south, racism happens a lot more than in the north. But overall it happens everywhere all over the world. It happens with every race also.