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I Want Them Back

Some things I really enjoyed have gone away and I'd like them back:

1. Criterion apples--They look a bit like a golden delicious but have a blush on them and taste better, haven't seen them in grocery stores in years.

2. Buc Wheats cereal. Like Wheaties, but with a maple flavored glaze. Perfect with some walnuts sprinkled over the top.

3. Twigs. A cracker like snack, something like the flavor or a Cheez-It, with a sesame flavor and of course, shaped like twigs.

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My Hypothesis

 

Abstract

Despite the persistence of anti-Black racism, White Americans report feeling worse off than Black Americans. We suggest that some White Americans may report low well-being despite high group-level status because of perceptions that they are falling behind their in-group. Using census-based quota sampling, we measured status comparisons and health among Black (N = 452, Wave 1) and White (N = 439, Wave 1) American adults over a period of 6 to 7 weeks. We found that Black and White Americans tended to make status comparisons within their own racial groups and that most Black participants felt better off than their racial group, whereas most White participants felt worse off than their racial group. Moreover, we found that White Americans’ perceptions of falling behind “most White people” predicted fewer positive emotions at a subsequent time, which predicted worse sleep quality and depressive symptoms in the future. Subjective within-group status did not have the same consequences among Black participants.

Perceptions of Falling Behind “Most White People”: Within-Group Status Comparisons Predict Fewer Positive Emotions and Worse Health Over Time Among White (but Not Black) Americans

These results make sense if anti-black racism and white privilege are less common in reality than they are, as portrayed by elites (Note the first line in the abstract). White people feel like, where's all this privilege I keep hearing about? and black people feel like they aren't actually discriminated against as much in real life as they're told they're being.

DCLXVI

These Roman numerals are 500, 100, 50, 10, 5 and 1.  If you add them up, they sum to 666, which is the number of the beast.  There's a long article in Wikipedia on the subject and no mention of this.  Presumably it's just a coincidence that the first 6 numerals in order come to this number.

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