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silisili · 2021-10-19 17:39:45

White people make up 73% of the US population. According to your own statistics, they are then underrepresented.

refurb | karma 27208 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2013-10-31 12:28:58

White people only make up 72% of the population. You can't dismiss the other 28%.

bluthru | karma 1825 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2017-01-05 03:22:54+00:00

White people are less than 10% of the world's population.

daun | karma 101 | avg karma 9.18 · | 2020-06-11 08:24:14+00:00

Your statistics are misleading. You put hispanics in twice, since the non-hispanic white population of the United States is around 60%.

Radzell | karma -10 | avg karma -0.09 · | 2014-04-22 05:45:36+00:00

The us is 60% white you counting hispanic whites too.

mkl | karma 11432 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2013-06-24 16:10:53+00:00

Your link says white people have been less than 90% of the US population since 1700.

bobcostas55 | karma 2317 | avg karma 3.86 · | 2016-09-09 16:40:01+00:00

The US is ~73% white, it's hardly that different.

Absentinsomniac | karma 254 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2016-02-06 20:32:20+00:00

OK, but like 63% of the U.S consists of whites. If it were an even distribution it would be disproportionate. Whites are somewhat over represented based on your numbers, but not as much as you seem to imply.

jotm | karma 1711 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2013-11-07 06:36:54

Aren't these numbers a moot point when you consider that 70 percent of the US is white?

There's literally not enough minorities to change those numbers (not significantly at least)... Or am I too tired to thing straight?

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bobcostas55 | karma 2317 | avg karma 3.86 · | 2015-11-04 20:29:07+00:00

44% are non-white. There's a table with the numbers right in the article.

ajross | karma 32824 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2022-05-21 11:12:00

The US non-hispanic white population is about 60%. I'd be absolutely stunned if there was a study somewhere showing white representation in a reasonably defined advertising market under that number. Is that really a serious opinion you've formed? I have to wonder where it came from?

typeofhuman | karma 1502 | avg karma 4.83 · | 2024-02-22 03:56:06

A lot of people are missing the fact that white people are a minority group.

icebraining | karma 48925 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2018-01-28 11:56:18

In the reports I've read, white people were the largest group, but weren't more than half. Where did you get your data?

jQueryIsAwesome | karma 903 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2013-03-09 10:15:22+00:00

"White" excludes 40% of Americans, "female" excludes 50%. Its just semantics.

foolzcrow | karma -33 | avg karma -0.03 · | 2020-07-01 14:09:52+00:00

Whites are a minority in the global community.

weberc2 | karma 4751 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2017-09-07 09:37:26

The US is something like 62% white when you don't conflate whites and Hispanics.

vacri | karma 17701 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2014-05-29 01:31:51

Your numbers add up to 112%. I'm also a little concerned that you can't think of something shittier than 61% white when it comes to diversity.

tracker1 | karma 11460 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2016-09-13 00:06:14+00:00

Considering the U.S. population is 63% white, that point of diversity isn't too far off at all... 72% male is a bigger issue...

nilkn | karma 11058 | avg karma 4.48 · | 2018-10-15 22:54:10+00:00

For what it's worth, something like 75% of the US is phenotypically white (including white Americans with Hispanic or Latin heritage), so perhaps that one metric is tracking more favorably than you're giving it credit for.

justaguyhere | karma 2294 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2018-10-16 15:09:05+00:00

70% are white

Assuming these are American numbers, wouldn't you expect it? Wikipedia says 60% of Americans are White, and the number is higher if you include Hispanic people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Americans

So it would make sense for white people to be the majority in any group, isn't it? Maybe there are exceptions, like certain sports.

Just to be clear, I am not white. I am only wondering about the numbers, not about any group's behavior.

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