A majority (61%) of respondents to a recent YouGov poll were in favour of their country taking Ukrainians in. Only 46% felt the same way about Afghan and Syrian refugees, and a mere 40% about Salvadoreans
the Biden administration announced that America would welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, with priority going to those with family already in America. White House officials have yet to set a timeline for admitting the new arrivals, but have assured refugees that a “full range of legal pathways” for residence will be made available to them upon arrival.
Psychologists call people’s tendency to care more about others who look like them the “racial-empathy gap”. Neuroscientists have found that the anterior-insular cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing emotions, responds more intensely to seeing individuals of the same race in pain. To some, this may explain why Americans—a majority of whom are white—are more likely to support Ukrainian refugees.
While unconscious bias may be motivating some, there are other explanations for the divergence in attitudes. The American government is more friendly towards Ukrainians than it is towards those from Afghanistan, Syria and El Salvador. A YouGov poll from 2017 found that 45% of respondents considered Ukraine an American ally or friend—that number increased to 76% by March 19th. Afghanistan and Syria were far more likely to be considered enemies.
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