GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>from 2017 but well worth reading!</p><p>study: White people lack <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> across the socioeconomic spectrum</p><p>Apparent empathy gap among white Americans shows up on questions of both race & economics</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Socioeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socioeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhitePrivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhitePrivilege</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2017/09/19/new-study-white-people-lack-empathy-across-the-socioeconomic-spectrum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2017/09/19/new-study</span><span class="invisible">-white-people-lack-empathy-across-the-socioeconomic-spectrum/</span></a></p>