New Map Reveals Europe’s Racial Bias And Guess Which Extreme Malta Was On
A new study by Harvard University of over 280,000 white Europeans has found that not one single country scored a zero on their ‘racial bias’ test (meaning on average, every single country has a negative view of black people).
This may not be surprising, but it should be shocking.
A European map of implicit racial bias. Map: TheConversation
Malta ranks as the fifth worst on the list. With a score of 0.425, the only countries worse are Ukraine in fourth (0.429), Belarus in third (0.435), Lithuania in second (0.444) and the Czech Republic in first (0.447).
In every country in Europe, people are slower to associate blackness with positive words such as “good” or “nice” and faster to associate blackness with negative concepts such as “bad” or “evil”.
The analysis goes on to explain that individuals may not necessarily be racist, but rather the culture in which people are raised constructs negative biases towards black people.
The test focuses on whether people have negative or positive connotations regarding black people, and how long it takes for positive associations to be made.