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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 175 points 5 days ago (21 children)

WTH, Americans think that 30% of the country lives in NYC?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

The way I read this graph is that the upper portion are people they want to oppress and the lower portion are people that they preserve is oppressing them.

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