Mapping the N-word. Where Americans Google the N-word the most

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Do a search on a map of black population in the US and the results are very similar to this one.
Duh.

Are they now.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Delmarva? Ever been?

And what's with that red in the center -- what is that, Nebraska?

No the only kind of pattern I can even begin to see here is population density. In sum, there's little or nothing to be learned here.

Similar but not exact. Yes there are old-school, largely irrelevant racists in the Delmarva. I live in MD so I have been there often enough to not want to go back.
But if you honestly look at the maps you'll see the very predictable similarities.
I only hear nigga from blacks and I hear it pretty incessantly, living in a mostly black region.

What you said was "black population", not "old school racists". That's why I cited the regions I did as exceptions. Same with the Appalachia theory.

I just don't see how any kind of pattern is discernible here other than (a very loose) one with general populatioin density.

No, the pattern is obvious and predictable. The higher the incidence of black population the higher the incidence of the use of the nigga word. The maps illustrate that. No surprise.

 

[Pogo]

Do a search on a map of black population in the US and the results are very similar to this one.
Duh.

Are they now.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Delmarva? Ever been?

And what's with that red in the center -- what is that, Nebraska?

No the only kind of pattern I can even begin to see here is population density. In sum, there's little or nothing to be learned here.

Similar but not exact. Yes there are old-school, largely irrelevant racists in the Delmarva. I live in MD so I have been there often enough to not want to go back.
But if you honestly look at the maps you'll see the very predictable similarities.
I only hear nigga from blacks and I hear it pretty incessantly, living in a mostly black region.

What you said was "black population", not "old school racists". That's why I cited the regions I did as exceptions. Same with the Appalachia theory.

I just don't see how any kind of pattern is discernible here other than (a very loose) one with general populatioin density.

No, the pattern is obvious and predictable. The higher the incidence of black population the higher the incidence of the use of the nigga word. The maps illustrate that. No surprise.

First of all "the incidence of the use of the nigga word" isn't what the map is about. It's about Google searches. And your posit was that its red areas correspond with higher black population. But it doesn't.

UP. Delmarva. Kansas. Part of Appalachia. None of those are heavy black populated.
Without some corresponding info on what Googlers were looking for when they did that search -- which is impossible --I really don't think this map tells us squat about anything.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Do a search on a map of black population in the US and the results are very similar to this one.
Duh.

Are they now.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Delmarva? Ever been?

And what's with that red in the center -- what is that, Nebraska?

No the only kind of pattern I can even begin to see here is population density. In sum, there's little or nothing to be learned here.

Similar but not exact. Yes there are old-school, largely irrelevant racists in the Delmarva. I live in MD so I have been there often enough to not want to go back.
But if you honestly look at the maps you'll see the very predictable similarities.
I only hear nigga from blacks and I hear it pretty incessantly, living in a mostly black region.

What you said was "black population", not "old school racists". That's why I cited the regions I did as exceptions. Same with the Appalachia theory.

I just don't see how any kind of pattern is discernible here other than (a very loose) one with general populatioin density.

No, the pattern is obvious and predictable. The higher the incidence of black population the higher the incidence of the use of the nigga word. The maps illustrate that. No surprise.

First of all "the incidence of the use of the nigga word" isn't what the map is about. It's about Google searches. And your posit was that its red areas correspond with higher black population. But it doesn't.

UP. Delmarva. Kansas. Part of Appalachia. None of those are heavy black populated.
Without some corresponding info on what Googlers were looking for when they did that search -- which is impossible --I really don't think this map tells us squat about anything.

Now you're just rationalizing.

 

[Godboy]

Do a search on a map of black population in the US and the results are very similar to this one.
Duh.

Are they now.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Delmarva? Ever been?

And what's with that red in the center -- what is that, Nebraska?

No the only kind of pattern I can even begin to see here is population density. In sum, there's little or nothing to be learned here.

Similar but not exact. Yes there are old-school, largely irrelevant racists in the Delmarva. I live in MD so I have been there often enough to not want to go back.
But if you honestly look at the maps you'll see the very predictable similarities.
I only hear nigga from blacks and I hear it pretty incessantly, living in a mostly black region.

What you said was "black population", not "old school racists". That's why I cited the regions I did as exceptions. Same with the Appalachia theory.

I just don't see how any kind of pattern is discernible here other than (a very loose) one with general populatioin density.

No, the pattern is obvious and predictable. The higher the incidence of black population the higher the incidence of the use of the nigga word. The maps illustrate that. No surprise.

"Nigga" isn't what we are talking about. That isn't the word. The word we are talking about is a word that black people don't use.

 

[WelfareQueen]

Looks like the bulk of it is from the liberal northeast.

Mapping Where Americans Google the N-Word

There's a disturbing connection with black mortality.

People don't like to admit they're racist. Some may not even realize the extent of their discriminatory tendencies. But Google knows. You can't hide from Google.

That's the basic premise behind a new U.S. map showing where people Google the N-word most often. The image, compiled by a large study team led by social epidemiologist David Chae of the University of Maryland, reflects search queries for the word from 2004 to 2007 in 196 media markets (as defined by Nielsen). The map appears in a new PLoS One paper (spotted by Wonkblog's Christopher Ingraham) as part of a larger study into the connection between racism and public health.

Red areas below—located mostly in the Northeast and the South—are places where such searches occurred more than average over this period. Green areas, largely found in the West and Mountain regions, were considerably below average. Yellow and orange areas are slightly below or slightly above average, respectively.

More: Where Americans Google the N-Word Most Often and Black Mortality - CityLab

No. You are a liar.

Most of it is a huge swath of Appalachia, from a tip of New York through the middle part of Pennsylvania through a lot of western Ohio, ALL of West Virginia, the western half of Virginia, most of Kentucky, a large portion of Tennessee - all part of Appalachia, an area known for rampant racism.

See how that works?

This is, of course, assuming that the Google search is correct.

I didn't know all of New Jersey and NYC were in Appalachia.


Fucking moron.

 

[Steinlight]

You see, liberals are the REAL racists!

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Do a search on a map of black population in the US and the results are very similar to this one.
Duh.

Are they now.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Delmarva? Ever been?

And what's with that red in the center -- what is that, Nebraska?

No the only kind of pattern I can even begin to see here is population density. In sum, there's little or nothing to be learned here.

Similar but not exact. Yes there are old-school, largely irrelevant racists in the Delmarva. I live in MD so I have been there often enough to not want to go back.
But if you honestly look at the maps you'll see the very predictable similarities.
I only hear nigga from blacks and I hear it pretty incessantly, living in a mostly black region.

What you said was "black population", not "old school racists". That's why I cited the regions I did as exceptions. Same with the Appalachia theory.

I just don't see how any kind of pattern is discernible here other than (a very loose) one with general populatioin density.

No, the pattern is obvious and predictable. The higher the incidence of black population the higher the incidence of the use of the nigga word. The maps illustrate that. No surprise.

"Nigga" isn't what we are talking about. That isn't the word. The word we are talking about is a word that black people don't use.

You ask a non-black to say 'nigga' in front of a bunch of blacks and report back about the alleged distinctions in words.

 

[Politico]

Why would anyone Google it? Strange

They Google everything. In fact the most Googled question is 'how do I hide a body?'. Too bad the OP doesn't care about anything serious.