user11518: I have noticed a definite tendency for Buddhists east of Great Britain to be very narrow-minded and conservative compared to those further west. The same effect is noticeable in the United States among the extreme Protestant affiliations of Christianity in the deep south and I wonder if the origins have similarities.
Is this typical? Do all lineages share similar conservative and non-diverse views? I have seen a few Chinese Buddhists and they seem much more open minded. Wondering if this is a geographical thing or political or just a difference in Buddhist schools of thought.
Please advise.

user12223: 
"Is it common for Buddhists in Eastern Countries...lacking in
  diversity.. ... ... The same effect is noticeable in the United States
  among the extreme Protestant affiliations of Christianity in the deep
  south"

Huh??!! Only Eastern Buddhists and Protestants in the American South? 
Have you looked around "Western" Buddhist Centers in North America?
Here is an article about the overwhelming whiteness of American Buddhist Centers 
Here is one about the decades-late recognition of it and some attempts finally being made to rectify...
A report at pluralism.org which says
"People of color are negotiating spaces within predominantly European American sanghas (Buddhist communities)."
I guess problems are easily seen everywhere except in one's own backyard. 

user8157: Buddhism is a discipline with a clearly defined principles about what it considers to be the truths or realities related to the arising & ceasing of suffering. Therefore, the question about "narrow-mindedness" is illogical or irrelevant. 
For example, Buddhism teaches suffering arises due to ignorance, craving, attachment & egoism and this truth of causal arising is held to be absolutely true & unchangeable in Buddhism. 
Or, on a moral level, Buddhism teaches about actions that lead to harm. These actions that lead to harm can never ever be changed. 
Like any authentic science, Buddhism is about accurate, specific & narrow principles of causation.
The Dhammapada states:

273. Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best; of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; of all things
  passionlessness is the best: of men the Seeing One (the Buddha) is the
  best.
274. This is the only path; there is none other for the purification of insight. Tread this path, and you will bewilder Mara.


11518: <p>I have noticed a definite tendency for Buddhists east of Great Britain to be very narrow-minded and conservative compared to those further west. The same effect is noticeable in the United States among the extreme Protestant affiliations of Christianity in the deep south and I wonder if the origins have similarities.</p>

<p>Is this typical? Do all lineages share similar conservative and non-diverse views? I have seen a few Chinese Buddhists and they seem much more open minded. Wondering if this is a geographical thing or political or just a difference in Buddhist schools of thought.</p>

<p>Please advise.</p>
 12223: <blockquote>
  <p>"Is it common for Buddhists in Eastern Countries...lacking in
  diversity.. ... ... The same effect is noticeable in the United States
  among the extreme Protestant affiliations of Christianity in the deep
  south"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Huh??!! Only Eastern Buddhists and Protestants in the American South? </p>

<p>Have you looked around "Western" Buddhist Centers in North America?</p>

<p>Here is an<a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/road-to-diversity/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"> article about the overwhelming whiteness</a> of American Buddhist Centers </p>

<p>Here is one about the decades-late recogni<a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/diversity-in-buddhism/amp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tion</a> of it and some attempts finally being made to rectify...</p>

<p>A <a href="http://pluralism.org/research-report/racial-diversity-and-buddhism-in-the-u-s/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">report at pluralism.org</a> which says</p>

<p>"People of color are negotiating spaces within predominantly European American sanghas (Buddhist communities)."</p>

<p>I guess problems are easily seen everywhere except in one's own backyard. </p>
 8157: <p>Buddhism is a discipline with a clearly defined principles about what it considers to be the truths or realities related to the arising &amp; ceasing of suffering. Therefore, the question about "narrow-mindedness" is illogical or irrelevant. </p>

<p>For example, Buddhism teaches suffering arises due to ignorance, craving, attachment &amp; egoism and this truth of causal arising is held to be absolutely true &amp; unchangeable in Buddhism. </p>

<p>Or, on a moral level, Buddhism teaches about actions that lead to harm. These actions that lead to harm can never ever be changed. </p>

<p>Like any authentic science, Buddhism is about accurate, specific &amp; narrow principles of causation.</p>

<p>The Dhammapada states:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>273. Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best; of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; of all things
  passionlessness is the best: of men the Seeing One (the Buddha) is the
  best.</em></p>
  
  <p><em>274. <strong>This is the only path</strong>; there is none other for the purification of insight. Tread this path, and you will bewilder Mara.</em></p>
</blockquote>
