Today, it's likely worse. A quarter said they take too many jobs away from Americans. The findings are disturbing. They also show the minority of Americans who have negative attitudes towards Chinese Americans don't differentiate between them and other Asian Americans. Identically worded questions asked about Asian American stereotypes resulted in virtually identical answers.
Racism is rooted in ignorance.
The survey shows ignorance runs both wide and deep across the land. Welcome back, teachers. John Flanagan is editor and publisher of the Star-Bulletin.