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39. 48% means the headline should not be stated that way

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:33 AM

Apr 2018

That is a minority.

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HuffPo: White Americans Say The Starbucks Arrests Were An Isolated Incident. [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 OP

HuffPo: Equal percentages of Whites and Blacks report having been asked to leave a store oberliner Apr 2018 #1

Did you ever consider why that might be? BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #5

The fact the the percentage of Hispanics that reported being kicked out was 20% seemed significant oberliner Apr 2018 #7

Remember that "Hispanic" is not a "race" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #10

i can see people being asked to leave if they were speaking another language JI7 Apr 2018 #13

Yup - I posted the infamous example of that right here in Philly in post #12. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #14

The majority of Hispanics in the U.S. are proficient in English. They are still called Hispanic. thesquanderer Apr 2018 #30

It depends on which ethnic group you are talking about BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #35

That is the what the survey used in the OP you posted oberliner Apr 2018 #44

Yes BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #45

Understood oberliner Apr 2018 #48

I agree BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #49

This White American Doesn't say that at all. Cha Apr 2018 #2

Hey Cha! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #8

Isolated? ashredux Apr 2018 #3

And to underscore that BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #17

Actually, a slight majority of white Americans said the opposite. yardwork Apr 2018 #4

Other than the last question, the answers were fairly equal among races. 7962 Apr 2018 #6

Note they left out that "dirty" term that may be impacting the answers BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #16

Also the percentage who reported being kicked out of stores was the same for Whites and Blacks oberliner Apr 2018 #9

Hispanic is a "language group" as noted in my earlier post to you. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #12

So the fact theres a please on the mountain grammy Apr 2018 #20

That's the problem BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #22

So it was up all during the Obama presidency? mountain grammy Apr 2018 #33

Yes BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #36

Still won't go there. And their sandwiches - meh. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #21

LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #24

And much better sandwiches. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #26

My BIL is a Dalessandros fan (which is in Roxborough). nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #27

I'm responding to the info contained in your OP oberliner Apr 2018 #43

Hopefully my post #45 clarifies BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #46

Perception of being illegally here? treestar Apr 2018 #40

That pretty much sums it up. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #42

Even if it was isolated Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #11

As food for thought (as I posted in #5) BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #15

of course heaven05 Apr 2018 #18

See this BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #19

Surprised that your link isn't higher up the charts. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #25

as long as this is ameriKKKa heaven05 Apr 2018 #32

You got that right BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #41

Most White Americans Have No Actual Frame of Reference for Institutionalized Racism dlk Apr 2018 #23

I totally agree. UncleTomsEvilBrother Apr 2018 #29

Not this white American DownriverDem Apr 2018 #28

My town is 0% black erlewyne Apr 2018 #31

How ironic. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #37

As if that makes it ok Fullduplexxx Apr 2018 #34

People with an interest in believing the Starbucks incident to have happened in isolation... Orsino Apr 2018 #38

48% means the headline should not be stated that way treestar Apr 2018 #39

It is BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #47