The results of The Bradley Project were recently released.

Established in 2007 by the The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Project examines the American National Identity and whether or not that Identity continues to exist and work.

The findings of this Project Report deeply disturbing for a number of reasons. First, the report is being purported as a roadmap in “re-establishing” our National Identity based on the responses of approximately .000008% of the American Citizenry. With a population of over 300 million citizens, 2400 is hardly a representative sample size and therefore, these results can only be interpreted based on those who responded and not representative of Americans. In addition, of the 2400 participating about 600 were identified as racial or ethnic minorities with 240 (10%) being African American.

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