Racism The ugly downside of privilege.

Methodology
To determine the most and least racist U.S. states, we collected tweets featuring neutral terminology and tweets containing racial slurs. We then calculated the share of hateful tweets in the total volume of tweets per state.

Say, in California, there were 7317 race-conscious tweets vs. 1298 tweets containing racial slurs. Therefore, the share of hateful tweets in California is 1298/(7317+1298) = 15.07%.

10 most racist U.S. states according to tweets

Delaware (21.4% of all race-related tweets contained slurs)
South Dakota (20%)
Maine (19.25%)
Mississippi (18.59%)
Hawaii (17.06%)
Kansas (16.95%)
Wisconsin (16.95%)
Arkansas (16.83%)
West Virginia (16.78%)
Maryland (16.59%)

10 least racist U.S. states according to tweets
Vermont (6.96% of all race-related tweets contained slurs)
New Hampshire (11.56%)
Alaska (11.59%)
Texas (12.46%)
Wyoming (12.49%)
North Dakota (13.08%)
Massachusetts (13.24%)
Michigan (13.5%)
New York (13.6%)
Georgia (13.69%)



https://awario.com/blog/most-racist-states-social-listening-study/