Editing Pluralistic ignorance (section)

=== Racial segregation in the United States ===
Pluralistic ignorance was blamed for exacerbating support for [[racial segregation in the United States]]. It has also been named a reason for the illusory popular support that kept the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in power, as many opposed the regime but assumed that others were supporters of it. Thus, most people were afraid to voice their opposition.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=O'Gorman|first1=Hubert J.|title=Pluralistic Ignorance and White Estimates of White Support for Racial Segregation|journal=Public Opinion Quarterly|date=1975|volume=39|issue=3|pages=313|doi=10.1086/268231}}</ref>