Ignorance of history may partly explain why Republicans perceive less racism than Democrats

[MissMillie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ignorance-of-history-may-partly-explain-why-republicans-perceive-less-racism-than-democrats/ar-AAVrH2p?ocid=U483DHP&li=BBnb7Kz

“Our studies suggest that White Republicans know less about historical racism than White Democrats. Further, people who lack knowledge about historical racism also tend to perceive less racism in the present,” Zell told PsyPost.

But the researchers cannot say for certain that historical ignorance causes people to downplay or deny racism. “More studies in larger samples are needed,” Zell explained. “Further, our studies are not experiments (we did not manipulate historical knowledge), so it remains unclear whether historical knowledge has a causal effect on perception of present racism.”

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It's why the GQP doesn't want history taught in schools. They need to keep the youngsters ignorant so that "racism goes away."

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. That's why they don't want history to be taught in public schools.

Makes it easier to unwrite legislational progress over the last 80 years.

[Martin68]

3. Actual history just doesn't fit in with their world view. It contradicts every stance they take.

[Martin68]

2. "Ignorance" being the key word.

[czarjak]

4. They choose to ignore. They damned well know!

[milestogo]

5. Ignorance of everything.

[Probatim]

6. You could have stopped at Ignorance...

Or you could have said Apathy.

They neither know or care to know about the history of racism in the US.