… In a survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,000 American adults fielded Dec. 14 to 20, we asked respondents about their views on racism in American society — specifically, whether they agreed that White people enjoy advantages based on skin color or that racial problems were isolated situations, and whether they were angry that racism exists (items from the FIRE scale, which stands for fear, institutionalized racism, and empathy). We also asked about their perceptions of the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and their views on the events of Jan. 6.
The patterns we found were revealing. CONTINUED
Jesse Rhodes, Raymond La Raja, Tatishe Nteta & Alexander Theodoridis (U. of Massachusetts Amherst), Monkey Cage
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