Is it racism? The belief in cultural superiority across Europe

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

European Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-15 DOI:10.1080/14616696.2022.2059098

C. Bratt

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Are Europeans racist if they maintain that some cultures are superior? Theorists of cultural racism argue so and suggest that modern racism in Europe is expressed as a belief in cultural superiority. But this claim has been based on theoretical arguments, not on empirical tests. The current research investigated how widespread a belief in cultural superiority was in European countries and tested how such a belief related to biological racism. Analyses of data from the European Social Survey (21 countries, total N > 33,000) showed large differences across countries in tendencies to endorse the belief in cultural superiority. But in nearly all countries, a factor model consistent with the theory of cultural racism had much better support than a factor model building on the assumption that culturalism is distinct from racism. Even when the factor analysis was able to maintain a distinction between racism and culturalism, the two factors had a very strong correlation. The present research suggests that although a belief in cultural superiority may harbour different views, expressed beliefs in cultural superiority and cultural concerns are strongly associated with traditional racism.

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是种族主义吗?整个欧洲的文化优越感

如果欧洲人坚持认为某些文化更优越，那他们是种族主义者吗?文化种族主义理论家认为，欧洲的现代种族主义表现为对文化优越感的信仰。但这种说法是基于理论论证，而不是基于实证检验。目前的研究调查了文化优越感在欧洲国家的普遍程度，并测试了这种信念与生物种族主义的关系。欧洲社会调查(European Social Survey)的数据分析(21个国家，总计3.3万欧元)显示，各国在认同文化优越论的倾向上存在很大差异。但在几乎所有国家，与文化种族主义理论相一致的因素模型比建立在文化主义与种族主义不同的假设上的因素模型得到了更好的支持。即使因子分析能够保持种族主义和文化主义之间的区别，这两个因素也有很强的相关性。目前的研究表明，虽然对文化优越感的信仰可能包含不同的观点，但对文化优越感和文化关注的表达与传统种族主义密切相关。

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European Societies SOCIOLOGY-

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