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1/n To be completely frank, while I DO sympathize with the Floyd family, I do NOT sympathize (which is not to say I think they shouldn& #39;t be allowed to protest) with the protestors (whether violent or non-violent), at least insofar as they think this is ALL about...
2/n & #39;systemic racism& #39; and & #39;privilege& #39;. At the same time, I do UNDERSTAND the protestors and don& #39;t hold entirely blame them. They& #39;ve been fed a lot of lies and bad information over the past decades.
3/n The media helped to promote the narrative and the worldviews that motivate such people. It has encouraged people to view complicated issues entirely through the lens of race.
4/n It has encouraged people to view or stereotype all white people--a population with immense internal diversity, in terms of ancestry, experiences and outcomes--as privileged oppressors or & #39;Karens& #39;
5/n It has encouraged people to think & #39;color& #39; is the most important attribute of other human beings, and has thus divided the world between people who & #39;have color& #39; and people that don& #39;t
6/n It has fed the perception that & #39;oppression& #39; is rampant and confronts & #39;marginalized groups& #39; at every street corner
7/n Many of these graphs are reposts, btw. But I think they bring important context to the current moment, so I& #39;m sharing them again
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9/n It& #39;s not clear the extent that people appreciate how beholden their perceptions of reality are to the media. Whatever the case, there is a very strong correlation (r=0.9) between such coverage and racial attitudes (for more on the latter, see here https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1243288950007103491?s=20)">https://twitter.com/ZachG932/...
10/n A granger test even *suggests* a causal relationship (i.e. media trends predict shifts in racial attitudes, but racial attitudes don& #39;t predict shifts in media coverage).
11/n Anyway, I probably should have just a more elaborated written an article about all of this. I suppose I& #39;ll try to get around to it this week. Stay tuned.
