More or Less: Behind the Stats

Are there more black men in college or prison in the US?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

Only last week Ivory Toldson heard the speaker say there are more black men in prison in America than in college. β€˜Here we go again’ he thought. Only the week before he had written his second article on why this statistic is not true. This week Ruth Alexander looks at where this β€˜fact’ came from and why it is still being used. Also, why the opinion polls got the Kenyan elections wrong.

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