Nicholas
04-10-2006, 10:03 PM
UP TO a third of white youngsters in East Lancashire hold white supremacist views, a "disturbing" study into faith and race has revealed.
Teenagers in two schools in Blackburn and one in Burnley were questioned as part an investigation into racial and religious tensions in the wake of the 2001 Burnley riots.
Almost 30 per cent of white youngsters questioned believed that one race was superior, while 11 per cent of Asians thought the same.
Almost half of the white pupils felt that respecting others regardless of religion or gender was not important and a quarter did not feel it was important to tolerate people with different views.
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Teenagers in two schools in Blackburn and one in Burnley were questioned as part an investigation into racial and religious tensions in the wake of the 2001 Burnley riots.
Almost 30 per cent of white youngsters questioned believed that one race was superior, while 11 per cent of Asians thought the same.
Almost half of the white pupils felt that respecting others regardless of religion or gender was not important and a quarter did not feel it was important to tolerate people with different views.
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