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NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll* Don’t Know Much About History…
Marist College/NPR/PBS ^ | 7-3-17 | Lee M. Miringoff Barbara L. Carvalho Mary E. Griffith

Posted on 07/04/2017 1:36:22 PM PDT by dynachrome

Education and income make a difference. Nearly nine in ten Americans with a college education or income above $50,000 are able to identify Great Britain as the country from which the United States won its liberty. Of note, white Americans, 84%, are also more likely than Latino residents, 70%, or African Americans, 53%, to correctly identify Great Britain. Although race is a factor, its importance is exaggerated by differences in education and income among ethnic groups. Interestingly, age makes little difference. “Curious about other countries that get mentioned?” asks Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. “Thirteen other countries get tabbed as the country from which the United States gained its independence. A scattering of people mention France, Mexico, and Germany among the longer list of countries. At least one person surveyed mentioned Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Panama, or Russia.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: braindead; culture; poll
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To: dynachrome

I’m actually shocked that they broke it down by race.


21 posted on 07/04/2017 3:29:02 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
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To: dynachrome
"A scattering of people mention France, Mexico, and Germany among the longer list of countries. At least one person surveyed mentioned Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark..."

Idiots

22 posted on 07/04/2017 4:02:23 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: dynachrome

Ignorant morons who are destined to lose their freedom.


23 posted on 07/04/2017 4:04:56 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: dynachrome

Ignorant morons who are destined to lose their freedom.


24 posted on 07/04/2017 4:04:58 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: dynachrome

Since Trump can’t seem to get PBS/NPR de-funded, how about some editorial control, fairness, fact-based reporting, and some changes in delivery? If we can’t defund it, CHANGE it!


25 posted on 07/04/2017 4:11:32 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: SERKIT

They won’t change. Defund them. The gov’t should not be subsidizing tv, radio,cable, internet, etc. The piper calls the tune.


26 posted on 07/04/2017 4:14:51 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Robert DeLong

The trouble with those videos and others like from Mark Dice or Jay Leno is they only show the morons and their moronic answers. If say like this poll 84% of whites get the right answer there is no entertainment value in that. We only get the 16% who don’t know and then we the viewers get very smug when we know the answers. We never get a long row of correct answerers.


27 posted on 07/04/2017 4:16:42 PM PDT by xp38
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To: dynachrome

We can thank academia who have been taken over by commies and the government run education system that can only point out in american history that our fore fathers were slave owners


28 posted on 07/04/2017 4:41:25 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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