The maps above show how Europeans feel about their children being in relationships with people from different racial/religious minorities. (Black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish).
The data comes from the 2015 Eurobarometer report on Discrimination in the EU.
You can see each map in more detail below:
Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With a Black Person?
On average only 64% of EU citizens would be comfortable with their sons or daughters being in a relationship with a Black person. However, the results vary widely by country.
Sweden is the most accepting at 89%, followed by Luxembourg 85%, Netherlands 83%, Denmark 82%, and the UK at 81%.
The least accepting country is Bulgaria at 21%, followed by the Czech Republic and Slovakia at 23% each.
Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With an Asian Person?
On average EU citizens are slightly more accepting of relationships with Asians over Blacks, with 69% having no issue with their sons or daughters being in a relationship with an Asian person.
Sweden is once again the most accepting at 92%, followed by Luxembourg 87%, France 85%, Denmark 85%, Netherlands 84% and the UK at 80%.
The least accenting country was the Czech Republic at 25%, followed by Slovakia 26%, Bulgaria 32%, Cyprus 35%, and Lithuania at 36%.
Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With a Muslim Person?
Unfortunately, although not surprising, many Europeans would not support their sons or daughters being in a relationship with a Muslim person. Overall, only 50% of EU citizens would have no issue.
Sweden and the UK are the most accepting at 69% each, followed by France 65%, Luxembourg 63% and Ireland 61%.
The least accepting are Czech Republic at 12%, followed by Slovakia at 16%, Cyprus 23%, Lithuania 25% and Bulgaria 27%.
Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With a Jewish Person?
Finally, for a continent with such a troubled past with Antisemitism, it’s somewhat concerning that only 69% of EU citizens would support their sons or daughters being in a relationship with a Jewish person.
The most accepting countries were Sweden 87%, followed by France 81%, Netherlands 81%, the UK 81% and Luxembourg 80%.
The least accepting were Cyprus and Slovakia at 36% each, followed by Malta 45%, Romania 45%, Greece 46%, Lithuania 48%, and the Czech Republic 49%.
Germans at 68% acceptance, while from the least accepting, were still below the EU average.
For more on this subject have a look at the following books:
- The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History
- A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe
- Racism in Europe: 1870-2000
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Leos007 says
August 15, 2017 at 2:01 pmCentral Europe still have a chance to survive… #nwo
Jim Kuemmerle says
August 16, 2017 at 5:26 amGTFO you racist scum.
Leos007 says
August 16, 2017 at 7:42 amKeep your insults for people of your level please, thanks! 馃檪 Lovely day!
Harald Jacobsen says
September 28, 2017 at 7:27 amAre you stupid or something?
Ted Bundy says
February 14, 2018 at 12:32 amFU beta male/ cuckold.
Korakys says
August 27, 2017 at 10:42 amCzechia is a bit surprising for me given that it is the most atheist country in Europe. I guess atheism and liberalism don’t go hand in hand, however I wonder what the results would be if the question was asked about marrying a Christian. It would be good to know to get a “control” for the data.
Vasil Hristov says
September 23, 2017 at 1:56 amVery troubling data if true, the numbers are waaay high.
Bart Devries says
September 29, 2017 at 11:52 amInterestingly no one asked “does muslim parents accept if their kids would marry a non muslim”?
Alvaro Carbonell Delgado says
February 14, 2018 at 2:35 pmMaybe in other map would be nice to see that, but here is pointless mark that in that way, you’re just trying to avoid the point of Europe being xenophobe.
Bart Devries says
February 16, 2018 at 9:59 amnice catch 22. Using “Europe = xenophobe” to counter “people from the middle east are xyz”.
Helper says
September 30, 2017 at 10:46 amMuslims don’t even need these degenerates as their spouse.
Storky says
November 19, 2017 at 6:55 pmThis is racism! No results from jewish-arabic-black countries to compare!
otterbeast says
December 3, 2017 at 10:04 amA shocking data. Sweden seems almost BRAIN-DEAD. Nothing surprising that it is world rape capital.
ybsmotnahP says
February 13, 2018 at 6:09 pmWould you answer a poll question honestly where there’s a possibility your answer might be used against you at some future date?
Piers says
February 15, 2018 at 3:16 pmBased on an average of 1,000 persons asked per country. Even elections tend to have larger sample sizes.
Source: Technical Information (TS2) in the document linked.
CPH says
August 12, 2018 at 8:54 pmA random sample of 1000 tells us with 95% confidence that the reported results are accurate for the entire population with 卤3% margin of error.
Well.. says
February 7, 2019 at 9:29 amI’d like to see similar maps for India, China, USA, North Africa, Isra毛l…
Without those, this is just Europe-bashing.
ZK says
February 10, 2019 at 8:04 pmVery late comment, but “Asian” is very unspecific. I believe there is going to be a huge difference between Russia, China, India, and Japan.