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> Adams said Black people are a hate group, citing a recent Rasmussen survey which, he said, shows nearly half of all Black people do not agree with the phrase “It’s okay to be white.”

Pay attention to this common trick, where journalists omit checking an easily verifiable fact, and choose to report it as if it were a mere unfounded statement by their target. "He said" it, because that is what the survey actually showed:

BLACK AMERICANS ONLY: "It's okay to be white." 53% agree, 26% disagree, 21% not sure - https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/162846019293223731...

The article itself is paywalled [1], but this somewhat dubious website reporting on it [2] claims it found that: By race, 81% of Whites, 53% of Blacks and 58% of other races at least somewhat agreed it’s alright to be white.

[1] https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/ge...

[2] https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/poll-72-us-adul...

parent nhchris 3 years ago

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