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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (infosec.pub)

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

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Well, that is pretty much how television seems to think things are...

I always thought it was weird how in so many shows that are targeted to a nationwide audience how often they seem to just assume some specific subway thing in NYC is something that their audience will instantly get and relate to.