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Not sure what to make of this: "Black Americans estimate that, on average, Black people make up 52% of the U.S. adult population; non-Black Americans estimate
by jquery 5y ago
Not sure what to make of this:
"Black Americans estimate that, on average, Black people make up 52% of the U.S. adult population; non-Black Americans estimate the proportion is roughly 39%, closer to the real figure of 12%. First-generation immigrants we surveyed estimate that first-generation immigrants account for 40% of U.S. adults, while non-immigrants guess it is around 31%, closer to the actual figure of 14%."
- prirun 5y agoIt seems to me that if BA thought they were more than 50% of the population, then of course they would be outraged if they aren't getting at least 50% representation in executive positions, TV & movie actors, government officials, etc. Even if they got 14% representation (doubt they do, but I don't know), they would still be outraged. This seems like an unbelievably huge issue that needs to be solved.
- ashwagary 5y agoI noticed YouGov data is wrong in at least 1 area, the percentage of Native Americans is much higher than 1%, they seem to have wrongly excluded a large % of the black population that is native to America but were part of a systematic paper genocide carried out by the US government. If there is one obvious mistake, I wonder what else they got wrong or used the wrong criteria for.