re: Rich Men North of Richmond

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This doesn’t say that 38.8% of white people are welfare recipients, and since the white population is larger, they are the majority of welfare recipients. It says that 38.8% of ALL welfare recipients are white. This is not the largest number or the majority, which are two different things.

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also, when the greatest percentage of a distribution is less than 50%, it isn't a majority - it's a plurality