Focus groups excluded conservatives whose minds could not be changed in four days
Evidence
The focus group excluded those who identify as conservative and those who strongly disagree that structural racism and race-based discrimination need to be addressed in the United States, because we determined that their minds could not be changed over a few short days. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 492
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- XREF: This admission of the excluded audience narrows the generalizability of her persuasion data and connects to literature on political persuasion failing for strong partisans (e.g., the motivated-reasoning / backfire-effect literature).