# What is the least racist country on the planet?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507 "2011-11-01T15:57:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/101 "2011-11-03T14:42:33Z")

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Greenland. They even mostly like Danes. They love everybody else.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/102 "2011-11-03T21:50:13Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> Iceland/Sweden etc seem to have the smallest %.

I think you didn’t look closely enough. The top 5 are

```auto

1. Colombia 2%
2. New Zealand 3%
3. Argentina 3.7%
4. Canada 3.9%
4. Brazil	3.9%

```

The first, third, and second fourth line up with expectations: South American countries. And Neither two nor first four are that surprising.

The U.S. is down in 13th, at 8.8%. The UK is even lower.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/103 "2011-11-03T22:24:26Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> Westerners (“farangs”) on the other hand are likely to benefit from reverse prejudice in Thailand – many Thais see them as superior! They are often given special treatment, are desirable romantic partners, and (although this changed in the 1990’s) were often given much higher pay for the same work.

Why is this? I’ve always known this to be the case, but don’t understand why it is. Does Thai culture have a deep streak of self-hatred?

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**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/104 "2011-11-03T22:40:53Z")

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> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> As for the US, [46% of Republicans in Mississippi think inter-racial marriage should be against the law](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/nearly-of-mississippi-republicans-think-interracial-marriage-should-be-illegal.php?ref=fpb)…

Seriously?! I read your post and I was thinking: “well, I don’t see how some decades old poll is relevant…” and the clicked through the link.

This year?! Over 40 years after _Loving_? :eek:

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/105 "2011-11-03T22:58:45Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Canadians are tough as hell on the indian population.

The Indian population of Canada includes the descendants of refugees from the ethnic cleansing of the eastern half of the USA, as I recall.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-racist-country-on-the-planet/601507/106 "2011-11-04T22:36:36Z")

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I live in the South.

The US is utterly disqualified.

Brazil for the win, perhaps?

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