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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Post-Election Racist Tweets Come From The Deep South



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A map of the location quotients for racist tweets: the darker-green the state, the higher the location quotient (Floating Sheep)


After the reelection of President Obama, there was an apparent increase in racist tweets on Twitter. One group analyzed them to find that the most racist tweets came from Alabama and Tennessee, followed by Georgia and Louisiana.   

But while few were surprised by the findings, we'd like to note the role of implicit, unconscious racism that frequently goes unnoticed.

See the complete list below and read more here.


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