Majority of Americans have negative views of the state of race relations

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April 4, 2019

1. How Americans see the state of race relations

Majority of Americans have negative views of the state of race relations

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1. How Americans see the state of race relations
Black women and older blacks are more likely to say it’s never acceptable for a black person to use the N-word
Whites are more likely than blacks, Hispanics and Asians to say too much attention is paid to race
A plurality of Americans say expressing racist views has grown more acceptable
Most say it’s now more common for people to express racist views
Most who say race relations are bad think they’re getting even worse
Majority of Americans have negative views of the state of race relations
Public is divided on how well blacks and whites get along; views of other intergroup relations are mostly positive
Most black, Hispanic and Asian adults say Trump has made race relations worse
One-in-five black adults say all or most white people are prejudiced against black people
Nonwhites are more likely to say discrimination is overlooked
Whites are more likely than racial and ethnic minorities to say focus should be on what groups have in common
Majorities of whites and blacks say they have confronted someone who has made racially insensitive comments
Racist or racially insensitive comments are about as common across groups

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