Americans view Mexicans well; reverse not true
By Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, March 21, 2006
Mexicans
see Americans as racist, dishonest and exploitative, while Americans
see Mexicans as hardworking and think they are more tolerant than
Americans.
A new survey of attitudes the two countries hold toward each
other showed the border is more than a geographic divide, but also a
fissure in public opinions of the two nations and what their citizens
think of each other.
The poll, taken by New York-based Zogby International and the
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo AC in Mexico City, found
that 62 percent of Mexicans surveyed said the United States is more
wealthy than Mexico because “it exploits others’ wealth.” Only 22
percent said it was because the United States is “a free country where
people have plenty of opportunity to work.”
Among Americans, 78 percent saw Mexicans as hardworking, and
44 percent saw them as tolerant. Among Mexicans, just 26 percent saw
Americans as hardworking, 16 percent saw them as honest and 73 percent
said Americans are racist….
