Read it like this

I have been working on this paper that looks at how a person's context impacts how they understand information.  Specifically I am looking at whether people in different groups actually read/understand different content when they read the Bible.  This could mean both that they learn to focus on some verses or sections more than others but also that they can read the same exact passage and think it says or means different things.

The Black Church in America has had an interesting religious development that is different from other churches, and this in turn should impact their beliefs.  They are known to be highly morally conservative but politically liberal, especially since the Civil Rights movement.  This means that they religiously tend to put a different emphasis on stories like the exodus and political topics like social justice.

Turns out that they do read the Bible 'differently' than others.  Below is a chart that shows how one's views change as white people or black people read the Bible more frequently on the topic of how the government should change living standards.  The question is worded something like, "there is a history of discrimination against Black people, and some people think the government ought to take action to improve their standard of living."  Pretty interesting if you think about it.  This theoretically is not only limited to this specific topic, but how we all always read the Bible (or anything else for that matter...).

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