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Let's talk about the lying going on in this study that says "white evangelicals" have the highest levels of "racial resentment"
We need to understand why they do stuff like this an how to call it out.
Let's talk about the lying going on in this study that says "white evangelicals" have the highest levels of "racial resentment"
We need to understand why they do stuff like this an how to call it out.
https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1266358455205593089
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This study claims to measure "racial resentment" by making statements and asking people how much they agree. It claims that the way people answer the questions will indicate how much "racial resentment" they have
That is what they claim to do. They do something else entirely.
This study claims to measure "racial resentment" by making statements and asking people how much they agree. It claims that the way people answer the questions will indicate how much "racial resentment" they have
That is what they claim to do. They do something else entirely.
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When we look at the questions asked, you will quickly notice that none of the questions ask about resentment. In fact, the questions don't ask people how they feel about other races AT ALL.
Here are the questions, take a look then I'll show you how what they're doing
When we look at the questions asked, you will quickly notice that none of the questions ask about resentment. In fact, the questions don't ask people how they feel about other races AT ALL.
Here are the questions, take a look then I'll show you how what they're doing
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Questions one asks if you agree that Blacks can "work their way up" and "overcome prejudice" the way other races in the have. The examples given are Italians, Irish, and Jews.
The study says if you agree, your agreement with that statement counts as racial resentment.
Questions one asks if you agree that Blacks can "work their way up" and "overcome prejudice" the way other races in the have. The examples given are Italians, Irish, and Jews.
The study says if you agree, your agreement with that statement counts as racial resentment.
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To start off, in lumping the Irish and Italians in with Jews as examples of a groups working their way up, a study that claims to tell us about race relations in the U.S., ignores how differently Jews are treated from Irish and Italians in the U.S.
Don't worry, it gets worse:
To start off, in lumping the Irish and Italians in with Jews as examples of a groups working their way up, a study that claims to tell us about race relations in the U.S., ignores how differently Jews are treated from Irish and Italians in the U.S.
Don't worry, it gets worse:
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Because if you look at the population statistics and hate crime numbers, Jews are more then twice as likely as blacks to be the victims of hate crimes, and yet this study puts them in the same category as Italians.
Because if you look at the population statistics and hate crime numbers, Jews are more then twice as likely as blacks to be the victims of hate crimes, and yet this study puts them in the same category as Italians.
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When their study implies Jews worked their way up the same way as the Irish and Italians they call that "rigorous research questions." If you think Blacks can work their way up the same way as the Irish and Italians that's "racial resentment."
The hypocrisy is killing me
When their study implies Jews worked their way up the same way as the Irish and Italians they call that "rigorous research questions." If you think Blacks can work their way up the same way as the Irish and Italians that's "racial resentment."
The hypocrisy is killing me
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Questions 2,3, and 4 all have to do with why people think Blacks have worse economic and social mobility outcomes than whites. If your answer places the burden on the individuals rather then slavery and discrimination (I don't btw) they say you have "racial resentment"
Questions 2,3, and 4 all have to do with why people think Blacks have worse economic and social mobility outcomes than whites. If your answer places the burden on the individuals rather then slavery and discrimination (I don't btw) they say you have "racial resentment"
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I happen to think discrimination and slavery have a lot to do with why there is disparity in outcomes between Blacks and Whites, but that's not because I have "low racial resentment" it's because I'm not a libertarian individualist.
Do you see how the game is played???
I happen to think discrimination and slavery have a lot to do with why there is disparity in outcomes between Blacks and Whites, but that's not because I have "low racial resentment" it's because I'm not a libertarian individualist.
Do you see how the game is played???
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The questions test for whether or not you think the outcomes are the result of individual behavior or the result of discrimination and slavery. If you say the outcomes are the result of individual behavior they use that as evidence of "racial resentment."
The questions test for whether or not you think the outcomes are the result of individual behavior or the result of discrimination and slavery. If you say the outcomes are the result of individual behavior they use that as evidence of "racial resentment."
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That's the trick:
If you blame behavior and not discrimination you must have racial resentment
It's not that you're a Rugged individualist
It's not that you think America has made huge strides
It's not that you think people can only control themselves and should make it work
That's the trick:
If you blame behavior and not discrimination you must have racial resentment
It's not that you're a Rugged individualist
It's not that you think America has made huge strides
It's not that you think people can only control themselves and should make it work
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This is of course, nonsense and I say this as a Canadian who supports locally funded single payer healthcare and a strong social support system.
It's not that I agree with libertarians or rugged individualists (I don't) it's that I know those beliefs are not...
This is of course, nonsense and I say this as a Canadian who supports locally funded single payer healthcare and a strong social support system.
It's not that I agree with libertarians or rugged individualists (I don't) it's that I know those beliefs are not...
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the product of "racial resentment." Those beliefs are about worldview and how you think individuals and society ought to interact, not race.
But the trick the authors of the study pull is to use those beliefs as a proxy for racial resentment.
This is nonsense.
the product of "racial resentment." Those beliefs are about worldview and how you think individuals and society ought to interact, not race.
But the trick the authors of the study pull is to use those beliefs as a proxy for racial resentment.
This is nonsense.
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The study assumes that individualist accounts of societal outcomes, which is what conservatives use, are evidence of racial resentment. Then using that assumption the study finds, low and behold, white evangelicals (a conservative demographic) have "racial resentment."
The study assumes that individualist accounts of societal outcomes, which is what conservatives use, are evidence of racial resentment. Then using that assumption the study finds, low and behold, white evangelicals (a conservative demographic) have "racial resentment."
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Then they publish this nonsense, and then tout their claim that white evangelicals have racial resentment without telling people about the definitions, assumptions, and questions that were to come to that conclusion.
This is laundering ideology under the guise of research.
Then they publish this nonsense, and then tout their claim that white evangelicals have racial resentment without telling people about the definitions, assumptions, and questions that were to come to that conclusion.
This is laundering ideology under the guise of research.
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Then they put finding in tweets like the one shown here. It's dishonest.
(no, putting the questions in a follow up tweet without ever explaining how the questions asked back up the conclusion found is not transparency).
Then they put finding in tweets like the one shown here. It's dishonest.
(no, putting the questions in a follow up tweet without ever explaining how the questions asked back up the conclusion found is not transparency).
https://twitter.com/davidkinnaman/status/1266738836853284865?s=20
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A LOT of social research does stuff like this. So please be aware of it as you use peer reviewed research. Always check the definitions and reasoning so you can see how they achieved their results, don't just skip to the conclusion.
/fin
A LOT of social research does stuff like this. So please be aware of it as you use peer reviewed research. Always check the definitions and reasoning so you can see how they achieved their results, don't just skip to the conclusion.
/fin
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