New Research: White Voter Support for Fewer Prisoners Depends On Who’s Locked Up - COLORLINES

New Research: White Voter Support for Fewer Prisoners Depends On Who’s Locked Up - COLORLINES: “Many legal advocates and social activists seem to assume that bombarding the public with images, statistics and other evidence of racial disparities will motivate people to join the cause and fight inequality,” Hetey said. “[But] our research shows that numbers don’t always speak for themselves,” Eberhardt said. “Reducing inequality takes more than simply presenting people with evidence of extreme inequality.”