We got our survey back from our teacher and have started to go out and gather some data! We went to Dun Laoghaire and town in the past few weeks, and had some interesting interactions but mainly we got some data for our project!

However we changed the survey a bit in order to gather more data in a more efficient and privacy-respecting manner; viz.

  1. How have your views on race relations changed over the past 2-3 years?
  2. If you do think that they have changed, is it:
  3. How much of your peergroup would you say shares these views with you?
  4. What is your age?
  5. What is your gender?

We got a lot of responses, here's some charts I compiled with the data;

Answers to question 1 from people in Dublin

Most people in Dublin said that their views on race relations had changed over the past 2-3 years, most likely because of the BLM movement and all the associated media coverage.

However something surprising (or not, depending on your outlook) was whether people had a negative or positive change in perception over that time period; viz.

Answers to question 2 from people in Dublin

Unfortunately this is all I've completed for the time being, check back soon for more updates!