Well racism and people’s perception of stereotypes often aren’t backed up by actual statistics.
The study isn’t saying pitbulls are more often owned by black people, it says people think that to be the case regardless of evidence.
It’d be like a study asking what race you think are the worst drivers, even if “most” people say “Asian” because of the common trope, it doesn’t mean that is true statistically, it just means that stereotype is commonly believed by the study’s participants.
“If you had to guess” sounds like you are relying on hearsay there bud
Well racism and people’s perception of stereotypes often aren’t backed up by actual statistics.
The study isn’t saying pitbulls are more often owned by black people, it says people think that to be the case regardless of evidence.
It’d be like a study asking what race you think are the worst drivers, even if “most” people say “Asian” because of the common trope, it doesn’t mean that is true statistically, it just means that stereotype is commonly believed by the study’s participants.