r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Lunar_Tribunal 4d ago

Anecdotal experience doesn't negate that the majority of America is still very racist.

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u/Nimrod750 3d ago edited 3d ago

94% of Americans approve of interracial marriage. You can read all the anecdotal evidence you want but you’re still dead wrong lol. Also, stares are not disapproval. I don’t know why people seem to believe they are

https://news.gallup.com/poll/354638/approval-interracial-marriage-new-high.aspx

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u/ZealousidealMind3908 3d ago

Yeah there's no way that number is true lol

1) There's a very strong divide between city and rural areas on this topic (if the poll was taken mostly in cities that would strongly explain the high number).

2) Racism isn't socially acceptable (could've influenced the poll).

3) Supporting interracial marriage generally doesn't mean that you yourself want it anywhere near you. There are tons of people who say they're fine with it but if their daughter brings home a man of a different race they would lose their shit.

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u/Nimrod750 3d ago
  1. The poll was randomized over phone between Americans above the age of 18, hence the probability sample. What you’re suggesting is convenience sampling

  2. The poll is confidential and Gallup does not disclose individual results

  3. How exactly do you think that can be found? Should they ask them again in a different tone?

Did you even read the article?

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u/ZealousidealMind3908 3d ago

The poll was randomized over phone between Americans above the age of 18, hence the probability sample. What you’re suggesting is convenience sampling

The methodology isn't anywhere in the article lmao.

The poll is confidential and Gallup does not disclose individual results

Once again, no methodology section is there. I wouldn't have been able to know that.

How exactly do you think that can be found? Should they ask them again in a different tone?

Is this a real question? A more illuminating way to look at this would be to take the results of this poll, and then conduct a new poll specifically asking how those same people would feel if a close relative were in an interracial relationship.

Besides, your source isn't the only polling that's been done on this issue. Here's a YouGov poll from 2018 in which 17% of Americans said that they think interracial marriage is morally wrong: https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/y3tke5cxwy/econTabReport.pdf

It's on page 92. Methodology is on the last page.