Most Brazilians acknowledge racism yet deny their own prejudice.

Evidence

A survey in 2000 indicated that more than 90 percent of Brazilians think that racism exists in Brazil though only 10 percent confessed to expressing their own prejudices. Yet the overwhelming majority surveyed agreed with various more or less vicious expressions of stereotyping prejudice listed in the study. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1794

Categorization

• QUESTION: Test whether the 90/10 gap replicates cross-nationally and cross-axis — a quantifiable symptom of the contact/institution gap the reader investigates.
• SHARE: Send to anyone working on survey-vs-behavior prejudice gaps or denial of bias measures.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ piece’s theme of self-exculpating denial — here formalized as survey data.
• XREF: connects to: Brazilians deny personal prejudice while overwhelmingly endorsing stereotyping beliefs — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1794; Brazilians held normalized race prejudice alongside a proud tradition of racial equality — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3577; Brazilian cordial racism is a mannered, race-denying form of exclusion — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1790

Broader Connections

• Brazilians held normalized race prejudice alongside a proud tradition of racial equality #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3577
• Brazilian cordial racism is a mannered, race-denying form of exclusion #expands (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1790