By Selwyn Duke

What percentage of the United States is black? Non-black Americans guess 39 percent. Black Americans say 52 percent. The actual figure?

Twelve percent.

Americans also suppose homosexuals and lesbians constitute 30 percent of the country. They’re actually just three percent. People further believe that 26 percent of our population has a $500,000-plus household income; the real figure is one percent.

The above are just some data from a recent YouGov poll finding that with few exceptions, Americans are seriously detached from their country’s demographic reality. It’s a phenomenon with grave social and political implications.

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