A new Gallup poll says two-thirds of Americans
support the racial justice protests. A slight majority of all Americans
said they have had their views changed. (That's good news IF they
needed changing, but sad news THAT they did.) Almost three-quarters of
Asian-Americans said this, perhaps influenced by Trump and other white
wingnuts talking about "Kung flu" and other stupidities. "Only 36
percent" of Republicans said they had their minds changed either a lot
(14%) or little (22%), also glass half full/half empty news. Asians have
participated in protests as much as Blacks, while Hispanics have only
participated a little more than Whites.
On the other hand, per Atlantic,
a lot of this self-confessed mind-changing may be some mix of social
conformity and virtue signaling. Jennifer Richeson says the thought that
we're continuing to move forward is like riding a "Whiggish elevator."
White non-wingnuts get to feel good about themselves, while Blacks in
the protest get some new theoretical bit of hope to grasp. In turn,
maybe that's part of why Hispanics haven't jumped in more.
I'm not saying it's all guaranteed to be virtue signaling about America, the land of progress, or naivete on similar grounds. Let's hope a fair chunk is real. And that the support is based on hope that turns out to be real.
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