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Old 04-21-2022, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Half??????? Get real.
The first three links in a google search plus the census.gov site give the percentage of the population identifying as white, non-hispanic as 58% to 60%. That alone is nearly half.

The information I can find says nearly 3.5% of Americans identify as LGB and another 0.3% identify at T which would make the white, non-hispanic, not LGBT population at 56% to 58%.

So sure, if you don't like "half the population" then let's go with "very nearly half the population"
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