To get where this is coming from, PRII last week released the results of a poll asking if increased racial diversity has a positive or negative effect on America. For what it’s worth, they titled the report, “American Democracy in Crisis: The Challenges of Voter Knowledge, Participation, and Polarization.”
Pollster Frank Luntz posted that 64 percent of all Americans agree that racial diversity has a positive impact on America; however, only 43 percent of Republicans said positive, as opposed to 85 percent of Democrats.
That inspired Vox’s David Roberts to wonder why white people had never been the subject of a similar poll.
https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1021633106158051328
And what better place to take a scientific poll than Twitter, right?
https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1021633370839646209
The suspense is killing us, but we’ll have to wait another seven hours to find out the answer. (When we checked, it was 80 percent positive, 20 percent negative.)
Good lord. https://t.co/SMWpNR5h4L
— GayPatriot™️ (@GayPatriot) July 24, 2018
We may have reached Peak Vox. https://t.co/lvLHEKSuzW
— Matt (@BullMoose75) July 24, 2018
Vox really trying to one up Vox https://t.co/x3GunqoO9u
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) July 24, 2018
Inane crap for self-flagellating media parrots, and social climbers. Vote negative for good boy points. https://t.co/S7eflV8aPk
— Baron Zach M. (@ZTMbaronofurga) July 24, 2018
Does this particular white person have a positive or negative effect on America? https://t.co/KigiBlzxFg
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) July 24, 2018
He writes for Vox, so there’s no need for a poll.
https://twitter.com/claudeakinsmask/status/1021809432525766657
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vox with the important questions as always https://t.co/er1bf2owgy
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 24, 2018
This is just sad. https://t.co/MmJcewtYcN
— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) July 24, 2018
No one tell David who signed the Declaration of Independence…. https://t.co/TtNGyRJFby
— ???? ???????? (@GrayConnolly) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1021778375961190402
So many rich white men — get it away!
Frankly, I don't know what I'd do without me.
— 100 Proof (@ChampionCapua) July 24, 2018
It’s not about color you gigantic dickhead, any human can have a positive or negative effect on society. https://t.co/UVrLRYVTFn
— TrinidadSam is TOS Friendly Now ??♀️? (@SSJCheapTwinkie) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/MlKEHEADLY/status/1021777987190939648
How is this not race baiting prickery? https://t.co/7kSxQteKJa
— Andy McFutzing (@AndyMeanie) July 24, 2018
Seriously? Could you imagine the outrage of this poll being posted on twitter if you replaced white people with a racial minority or with an LGBT group etc. This is divisive and not productive at all. https://t.co/g1bsXJszf9
— New Year, Same t (@Twel864) July 24, 2018
Really tried with this one https://t.co/3rn0R6Q0mN
— Problematic Prerogatives (@PrblmtcPrrgtvs) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/publixfanacct/status/1021805988662403073
https://twitter.com/GenAugustoP/status/1021763498332901376
Negative, but 95% of said negativity comes from you alone, the other 5% from the rest of the 200M+ demo. https://t.co/xSdarcwVVD
— . (@t4rdi5_) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/suspended_amish/status/1021639656318722048
Your parents created a negative effect on America. Also, this is peak narrative twitter. https://t.co/QJyF8kCxFq
— J.R.S (@_JRS79) July 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/Gray_Wolfs76/status/1021725198389837826
Look at this parody account I found. https://t.co/Wlu15DaBe4
— meh-lancholy (@RightAllTheTime) July 24, 2018
Join me, PLEASE, and pray, PRAY for the detonation of the college bubble, so we can stop being subjected to drivel like this. https://t.co/2u3IKICDOO
— Bobby P (@Panzenbeck) July 24, 2018
Be sure to vote here, too:
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1021822913450635264
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 24, 2018
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