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Harvard says Twitter’s for blacks, Facebook for whites

By Paul Bedard
Published November 5, 2014 9:00am ET
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Harvard says Twitter’s for blacks, Facebook for whites
A Harvard poll finds that whites prefer Facebook, blacks Twitter, on social media. (iStock Photo)

Political activists looking for ways to reach young blacks and whites should look deep inside a new Harvard University poll of millennials because it pulls back the cover on their favorite social media outlets.

The school’s Institute of Politics survey of 2,029 18-29 year olds revealed that white kids prefer Facebook, while African-Americans like Twitter.

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