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Do you think black people are more superstitious than white people?

I mean most black people believe in the supernatural than white people do to me.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Superstition is not a contingency of race, I think. It correlates with education and income. Unfortunately more blacks have lower socio-economic status. So it's just incidental.

  • 10 years ago

    Yes actually they largely are. I only claim this because black people are on average more religious and I consider religion and belief in a god to be a superstition.

    It's not a factor of intelligence or genetics, but instead one of culture and the continued discrimination of minorities which reduces their overall level of education compared to the majority. They are forced into a situation where they be more religious and superstitious because they are less educated.

    It's a problem we need to correct definitely.

    Source(s): Ethnic studies in the US
  • 10 years ago

    If you can define "black people" and "white people" then there might be some way of answering your question but as such definitions are impossible your question can't be answered except to say that some people who consider themselves to be "black" are more superstitious than some who consider themselves to be "white" but the reverse is also true.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Well, no offense, but it is a stereotype, at least in the South. Ever since the slaves would practice their voodoo on the plantations, black people have been considered superstitious.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Studies show yes, they are more religious/superstitious.

    It's not racist if it's true.

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