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Where have several years of constant woke politics gotten us in the US?
In 2013, 66% of blacks & 72% of whites believed relations between white & black were somewhat good to very good.
By 2018, just 40% of blacks & 54% of whites said the same
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1687/race-relations.aspx
In 2013, 66% of blacks & 72% of whites believed relations between white & black were somewhat good to very good.
By 2018, just 40% of blacks & 54% of whites said the same
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1687/race-relations.aspx
Since 2014, we've seen a massive surge in the percentage of Americans indicating they personally worry "a great deal" about race relations in the US.
That figure has doubled & then some.
That figure has doubled & then some.
"How satisfied are you about how Blacks are treated in US?" Interesting shifts 2016 to 2018.
Nationwide figures indicate sudden cynical shift on subject (among some libs I suspect.)
White data indicate polarizing opinions among white libs & to lesser extent among white cons
Nationwide figures indicate sudden cynical shift on subject (among some libs I suspect.)
White data indicate polarizing opinions among white libs & to lesser extent among white cons
Marked shifts among blacks & Hispanics during, after Obama years.
2008: 36% of blacks were "very dissatisfied" with treatment of blacks in US
2013: 22%
2015: 45%
2016: 42%
By 2018, 62% were
Hispanics went from 19% to 30% v dissatisfied in same period (most of it during Obama)
2008: 36% of blacks were "very dissatisfied" with treatment of blacks in US
2013: 22%
2015: 45%
2016: 42%
By 2018, 62% were
Hispanics went from 19% to 30% v dissatisfied in same period (most of it during Obama)
You may have not noticed, but media has been feeding the public a steady, daily-updating diet of identity-based outrage porn for several years now. Public opinion regarding the state of race relations has plummeted since 2013 after 12 years of relative stability.
Wake up already
Wake up already
The frequency with which folks needed to bring up a tragic murder from 65 YEARS AGO* to support their claim that "whites kill black people in the streets with impunity in America every day" was my first clue that this is a propaganda game.
Why haven't you noticed?
*Emmett Till
Why haven't you noticed?
*Emmett Till
When they doggedly & repeatedly white-washed half-Peruvian George Zimmerman, half-Asian cop D Holzclaw, & half-Asian Patriot Prayer founder J Gibson, it was obvious some folks were running a white-demonizing propaganda game.
If you never noticed, why not?
If you never noticed, why not?
Here's a great thread reviewing media, social media & other institutions' involvement in pushing socially divisive American dystopia narratives in recent years https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1147130392555610112?s=20
My disaffection w Dem & prog leaders & orgs over their obvious efforts to exploit folks' identity-related fears for electoral advantage has evolved into outrage in past month.
Simultaneous justifying, minimizing, & denying violent "protest" was my limit https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1172849419676524544
Simultaneous justifying, minimizing, & denying violent "protest" was my limit https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1172849419676524544
Ofc race is not the only axis of identity they've done this with. Same has been true within #MeToo 
#YesAllMen, various misogynist hellscape narratives & beyond to other groups.
Race is simply the most salient axis at the moment given the BLM+Antifa+DSA+?? protests & riots
#YesAllMen, various misogynist hellscape narratives & beyond to other groups.
Race is simply the most salient axis at the moment given the BLM+Antifa+DSA+?? protests & riots
"Good progressives" (~8% of population & skews much whiter, more degreed, & more affluent than gen pop as of 2018) have been ingesting a steady diet of white-derogating & America-bashing content past several years, as these headlines help illustrate https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1267454833298214914?s=20
What we've seen as a result is perhaps a modest degree of greater empathy for black folks among white libs, accompanied by a much more dramatic erosion in white libs' empathy for poor whites. https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1147130414445682689?s=20
As of 2018, white libs are the *only* American demographic who exhibit substantial bias against their own racial group. https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1166088038470098945?s=20
As of 2018, "very liberal" whites exhibited HUGE antipathy toward other whites (-19.45 pts) while simply "liberal" whites exhibited substantial but less dramatic anti-white bias (-8.56 pts) https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1166088046808305669?s=20
"New Civil Rights Movement" decision to depict a single race as the sole possessor of agency & only repository of racist behavior is very much intentional. Demonizing whites & "White America" has always been the point for a subset of these activists/thinkers (incl BLM leaders.)
We've seen failure &/or refusal to honestly examine racial dynamics around recent spikes in anti-Asian & anti-Jewish harassment & hate crimes, most likely bc violent offenders have been disprop black & Latino, so doing so wd undermine efforts to attribute all to "white supremacy"
Ofc, "anti-racist" activists effectively pressured newsrooms into agreeing that ever mentioning a perp's race is racist (unless perp is white, but esp if perp is black.) So determining hate crime perps' races often requires extra searching, looking for CCTV pics or mug shots, etc
Extent of racist antipathy/beliefs among non-whites has seemingly been under-studied in recent decades. This thread has info about a few studies from 1992-2009. Whites generally expressed less racism than other racial groups. https://twitter.com/JohnFMiller86/status/1166099699201388545?s=20
Other results indicate Americans tend to have more jaundiced view of race relations around nation than of race relations in their own communities. Zach further found high correlation between NYT racial content output & national race relations perceptions https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1168283807352594434?s=20
The press's Great Awokening is well-illustrated by dramatic spikes in their use of various related keywords since c 2013.
(Zach does a lot of interesting analysis of media data - def a recommended follow if you're interested in this topic)
https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1244744783148584963?s=20
(Zach does a lot of interesting analysis of media data - def a recommended follow if you're interested in this topic)
https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1244744783148584963?s=20
More data re various race-related terms - exponential growth since ~2011 in major MSM outlets' use of people of color, marginalized, vulnerable groups/etc, racial hierarchies, empower(ed) ... https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1247368592791949313?s=20
Pew polls on race relations w additional insights. Public perception of racism as "big problem" sky-rocketed during Obama Presidency.
2009: Only 32% of Dems said racism a "big problem"
2010: 42% of Ds
2015: 58% of Ds
2017: 76% of Ds
h/t @NinaPennsTruth
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/29/views-of-racism-as-a-major-problem-increase-sharply-especially-among-democrats/
2009: Only 32% of Dems said racism a "big problem"
2010: 42% of Ds
2015: 58% of Ds
2017: 76% of Ds
h/t @NinaPennsTruth
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/29/views-of-racism-as-a-major-problem-increase-sharply-especially-among-democrats/
Compare with this - only 48% of Americans said racism a "big problem" in 1995, 25 years ago.
(Isn't there any decent comparable data from any time between 1995 & 2009?)
https://www.people-press.org/2015/08/05/across-racial-lines-more-say-nation-needs-to-make-changes-to-achieve-racial-equality/#demographic-partisan-differences-in-reaction-to-confederate-flag
(Isn't there any decent comparable data from any time between 1995 & 2009?)
https://www.people-press.org/2015/08/05/across-racial-lines-more-say-nation-needs-to-make-changes-to-achieve-racial-equality/#demographic-partisan-differences-in-reaction-to-confederate-flag
