Meme of the Day: They Don't Think Like You

A graph that I saw over at The Tactical Hermit:

Here are the Pew articles based on the survey:

• "Most black adults say race is central to their identity and feel connected to a broader black community" (Feb. 5, 2020).
• "Race Is Central to Identity for Black Americans and Affects How They Connect With Each Other" (April 14, 2022).

The graph is apparently based on data in the first article. The second article appears to be a follow on that completely focuses on blacks. From the first article:

    About three-quarters of black adults say that being black is extremely (52%) or very (22%) important to how they think about themselves, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey. By comparison, about six-in-ten Hispanic (59%) and 56% of Asian adults say being Hispanic or Asian, respectively, is extremely or very important to their identity. Only 15% of white adults see race as a central piece of their identity. The share of black adults who say their race is central to their identity varies by age – adults younger than 30 deem race a less important part of their identity than do their older counterparts.

    In addition, in a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2016, most black adults (81%) said they felt at least somewhat connected to a broader black community in the U.S., including 36% who said they felt very connected to a black community. By contrast, 18% said they didn’t feel too connected or didn’t feel connected at all. This finding holds true across genders and age groups.

    However, there are some differences by income and educational attainment. Black adults with annual family incomes of $30,000 or more are more likely than those with lower incomes to feel connected to a broader black community in the U.S. Similarly, those with at least a bachelor’s degree are more likely to feel connected than those with less education. Conversely, about one-in-five black adults with some college (18%) or with a high school diploma or less education (20%) said they feel not too connected or not at all connected to a broader black community, compared with 11% of black college graduates who said this. And about one-in-five (22%) black adults who have annual family incomes less than $30,000 said they feel disconnected from a broader black community. This number declines to 13% among those with incomes between $30,000 and $74,999 and to 12% for black adults with higher incomes.

    Black adults who said they feel strongly connected to a broader black community are more likely than those who don’t to have engaged with organizations dedicated to improving the lives of black Americans by donating money, attending events or volunteering their time. About six-in-ten black adults who said they feel very connected to a broader black community (58%) said they have done at least one of these activities in the 12 months prior to the survey, compared with 45% among those who felt somewhat connected and 35% among those who said they feel not too or not at all connected to a broader black community.

In other words, the importance of race and racial activism increased with education and income. 

    I have three main takeaways from this. First, it is obvious that other ethnic groups are tribal and will think and act in ways to benefit their own tribe over being neutral or finding common ground. Second, the racial animus exhibited by blacks against whites is going to be stronger among the more educated blacks, which means that black elites are going to be the most anti-white and most likely to pursue anti-white policies. Which probably explains why the greatest vitriol comes from those in academia. Third, as I say in my title, they don't think like you. That is, based on the survey, it appears that more than half of other ethnic groups are going to view the world through racial lenses.