UN

Yesterday the new UN ambassador from the US Linda Thomas-Greenfield gave a speech at the UN and the entire talk was about how racist America is and has always been. This is the face the United States presents to the world. Her purpose must be the old AA adage that before you can cure a problem you must admit you have a problem. A quick search on the Internet reveals that there is racism around the world and it is not new. Using that alone as a criteria where is the best place to live. Here are the results of 97 field experiments of racial discrimination in hiring. France has the highest discrimination rates, followed by Sweden. We find smaller differences among Great Britain, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States, and Germany. These findings challenge several conventional macro-level theories of discrimination. The Washington Post published the results of a study about racism around the world and the most racist country on Earth is India, followed by Lebanon ,Bahrain ,Libya and Egypt. With all of the positive things the US has done over the years perhaps mentioning a few of these would have offered some balance to her speech.