For a while this was a frequently administered real-life red pill.
I would just ask people, casually, what percentage of the population was black. Sometimes they would just say they didn't know, so I would assure them that it's ok to not know, I was curious about their guess. Most of the time I got percentages around 25 to 40%.
Then I would hit them with "well, it's actually less than 15%" and, if they were someone interested in thinking, they would find this surprising and asking why they might have thought it was so high is a good way to get the wheels turning.
For a while this was a frequently administered real-life red pill.
I would just ask people, casually, what percentage of the population was black. Sometimes they would just say they didn't know, so I would assure them that it's ok to not know, I was curious about their guess. Most of the time I got percentages around 25 to 40%.
Then I would hit them with "well, it's actually less than 15%" and, if they were someone interested in thinking, they would find this surprising and asking why they might have thought it was so high is a good way to get the wheels turning.
Same thing with Covid survival rates. Or police shootings
There are Gallop articles about how much Americans overestimate their black population. The average estimate is 30%. Many think it's more than 50%.