Americans and heard an awful lot of Brits describe them as a load of old bollocks, but I am willing to accept that there are plenty of Brits who believe in those things and Americans who don't.
You know what I bet you'll find? That in both countries, the people likely to believe it's bollocks are WHITE and the people who don't, are NOT*.
Maybe, just maybe, that should tell you something.
*Not to say there won't be some whites who do believe in it and some PoC who don't, but overall, both in the UK and US, that is how it shakes out.
Re: To save you a trip to my profile page, I live in the UK
You know what I bet you'll find? That in both countries, the people likely to believe it's bollocks are WHITE and the people who don't, are NOT*.
Maybe, just maybe, that should tell you something.
*Not to say there won't be some whites who do believe in it and some PoC who don't, but overall, both in the UK and US, that is how it shakes out.