2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Anti-semitism, the 800lb gorilla in the room that nobody seems to want to talk about [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)That was five years ago.
The survey itself looked to be well constructed, for what that is worth. The margin of error is not static and they do not tell you where it changes. I found that disappointing.
I did not find anything there that "rocked my world". But I know how to read data for info instead of cherry-picking my confirmation bias.
Hey! Let's do a survey about how much anti-black bias there is in the white community!
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/americas-racism-problem-far-complicated-think/
Holy crap, that's A LOT of racism! And sadly, it is not getting better. The youngs are nearly as racist as the olds!
But here is the real story: Age tells us far less about an individuals likelihood of expressing racist sentiments than factors like education and geography.
So if I were to say OH NOES!!!!! Young whites are sooooo racist, that is technically correct, but not really. Because education and geography are the more decisive factors.
And that was also the real story of the data you showed me. I need to see levels of education and geographical location of the sub-groups before I draw any racial conclusions. Also interested in how religious people in the survey rate themselves and if that factor was controlled for, since this is a poll ABOUT religion. Did they control for that or not? Since it was 2011, probably not..... we got more savvy about details like that recently. But what I really need to see is an analysis of the data from a trusted source. That is lacking too.
So your link, meh.... Not particularly interesting or informative, and a very poor starting place for accusations like yours.
Try again. Got anything current?