2007-01-17 15:38:18 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The level of racism in any given country is only accurately determined by polls and even those are not very accurate. Generally there are some tests carried out and they have questions like: Will you mind if a person of another race moved in next door? Will you mind marrying a person of another race, etc. By taking a cross section of the population, an approximate idea of the level of xenophobia/racism in percentages is determined.
Something like: 30% of such and such nationality does not want such and such people here and 25% of such and such people will not marry a person of this and that race.
You would need to do a research on such polls in Russia to determine the level of prejudice against your particular group. It seems like they have been conducted although I have no link to such a site.
Generally, a lot also depends on the area and what race you are talking about.
It seems to be like this with Russia.
Russians generally like people who look and talk like they do- meaning white and of Slavic origin. They will also like people who look like them and come from richer countries. They would as a rule not like as much people who are darker and poorer than they are.
So you need to figure out where you would stand if you went there. A poor African student would probably fare the worst, a Russian speaking Pole would probably be most welcome and treated most well.
Some groups have been the butt of prejudice- Jews ( considered a separate ethnic groups there) and ethnic Germans- favorite pet-peeves. People from the Caucasus- Armenians, Georgians have recently been attacked.
Are you planning on visiting there?
2007-01-20 23:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by MumbaJumba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello,i am a russian person
ummm i am very polite and i was raised in a good loving family in siberia and i turned out fine.i am very friendly and im always respectful for other and people from different countries all over the world.i have been to moscow and there are some very mean people there.we are not racists at all i respect people no matter what colour they are or what country they come from i have nothing against anyone at all honest.every country has rude people russia has some rude arigent people but that does not mean all of us are like that.most russian people are very friendly and nice seriosly we are not the kind of people who are racist im not saying we have no racist people in our country at all,because we do have a few of them but still we are very kind people!
:)
2007-01-17 15:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by wild_munkey 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I don't think any country can be more arrogant than America. Even calling ourselves Americans is arrogant. We are USAans.
2007-01-17 16:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by Vlasko 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Nope they are just looking to protect their country and heritage.
2007-01-17 15:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
i don't think so
2007-01-17 15:43:47 · answer #5 · answered by bubble 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no more than we are
2007-01-17 15:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
yes.
2007-01-17 15:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by facetious5488 2 · 3⤊ 7⤋