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user-inactivated  ·  3248 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Half of American whites see no racism around them

It's really not that hard to believe when you think about it. America is a huge country and there are tons of gaps that influences people's worldviews. There's income gaps, age gaps, cultural gaps, regional gaps, on and on and on.

If I were to guess about you, and correct me if I'm wrong, you're probably young, fairly well educated, and get most of your news and information off the internet. Something like this to you would seem fairly obvious. Now take a person who is in their mid to late 50s who is financially well off and still depends on television and newspapers to get their news and information. They're not going to see the same things as you see and they're not going to worry about the same things you worry about.