THE TOP TEN MOST RACIST STATES IN AMERICA........ Top 10 Most Racist States in America.......How they were measured?? Analysts at Floating Sheep, a website run by a group of independent cyber-geography researchers and data analyst based on numerous factors; the team then used a location quotient-inspired measure or LQ score — an economic derivation used to analyze norms across geographical locations The LQ score was added to the number of Ku Klux Klan organizations known to operate in the state, according to a list compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a watchdog organization that monitors hate groups. 1. Texas The SPLC says Texas has the most KKK chapters than any other state in the nation. Along with Florida, it had one of the lowest LQ scores of 1.3, but because Texas has 18 KKK organizations, almost twice as many as any of the states on SPLC’s list, it made it to the top of this list as the most racist state in the U.S. 2. Mississippi In Mississippi, the number of active KKK organizations is a whopping 11, according to the SPLC. The state also has the second highest LQ score, topping out at 7.4. 3. Georgia The state of Georgia has a 3.6 LQ score, but with eight KKK chapters, the state is in the No. 3 spot on the list. 4. Alabama Floating Sheep scored Alabama at 8.1, giving the state the highest LQ score overall. It houses four KKK chapters and is fourth place on the list. 5. North Carolina North Carolina’s LQ score at 1.5 was a little less than half of Georgia’s. However the state is home to nine KKK organizations, the third highest of any state. 6. Tennessee Tennessee’s 3.1 LQ score is lower than North Carolina’s, but its five KKK chapters makes it the sixth most racist state in the U.S. 7. Arkansas Arkansas has five known active KKK organizations, the same number as Tennessee. The state has a 1.9 LQ score that makes it the seventh most racist state in the country. 8. Louisiana Louisiana had a moderately high LQ score of 3.3, but because it has three KKK organizations on record, the lowest number of any state on SPLC’s list, it sits in the eighth spot. 9. Florida With an LQ score of 1.3, Florida had one of the lowest scores of the Top 10. However, with five active KKK organizations existing in the state, it earned a place on this list as the ninth most racist state. 10. Illinois Illinois is the least racist state on this list of 10. The hate-filled tweets sent from this state after Obama’s re-election earned it a score of 1.5 on the LQ scale. This, in addition to the four KKK organizations known to be operating in the state, makes Illinois the 10th most racist state in the U.S.
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 22:22:38 +0000
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