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| Balrog0 07/10/18 1:32:51 PM #1: | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/10/rich-people-prefer-grey-poupon-white-people-own-pets-data-behind-cultural-divide/ yeah that's a clickbait title. it is also apparently true. In the world of television in 2016, some of the top-ten predictors of whiteness were watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, American Pickers, The Big Bang Theory and the Kentucky Derby. If were looking at specific brand names, the top 10 included Thomas English muffins, Sweet Baby Rays barbecue sauce and Stove Top stuffing. More generally, in consumer products, the best predictor of whiteness was whether someone owned a pet followed closely by whether they owned a flashlight. Many of the differences appear to be correlated with wealth and homeownership, areas in which America suffers from vast racial disparities... To maintain statistical integrity, the authors were able to break the population into only two categories, white and nonwhite, which may hide differences across a large and diverse population. Within the surveys they analyzed, social attitudes and media habits were almost as closely linked to race as consumer behavior was. The racial differences in social attitudes were particularly notable. By a relatively large margin, the view that best predicted being white in 2016 was approve of police striking citizens. In previous decades, the best indicator of whiteness was saying that the government was spending the right amount (or too much) on improving the condition of black residents. --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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