Percy still said nothing that was at all incorrect, and that deserves emphasis.
Why is the most balanced group presented as some sort of dichotomy between everybody else in the OP (and by you)?
Two points:
1. You're picking and choosing what data to present to the EvC audience. Consider the following data gathered in 2006:
a. 34% of whites believe that immigrants significantly increase crime, as opposed to 26% of blacks.
b. 67% of whites believe that (presumably undocumented) immigrant children should be allowed to attend public schools, while 79% of blacks support this.
c. 59% of whites believe that undocumented immigrants should be required to "go back to where they came from," as opposed to 47% of blacks.
Source:
here.
2. Since whites are the majority race in the U.S., they represent an existing power structure. Minority races do not have nearly the kind of power available to the majority race; thus, the beliefs of the majority race are more likely to influence policy, legislation, advertising messages, and other media. So that is why there is a sort of dichotomy between the majority race and minority races. It is worrying that a large percentage of the majority race holds erroneous, fallacious views on immigration precisely because that majority race holds the most power.