Views of DEI have become slightly more negative among U.S. workers
About half of workers (52%) now say focusing on increasing DEI at work is mainly a good thing, down from 56% in February 2023.
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About half of workers (52%) now say focusing on increasing DEI at work is mainly a good thing, down from 56% in February 2023.
Those who experienced racial discrimination are more likely to say these institutions intentionally or negligently harm Black people.
Voters who support Biden and Trump have starkly different opinions on many issues, and these two groups are divided internally as well.
40% of U.S. adults say there’s a lot of discrimination against Jews in society, and 44% say there’s a lot of discrimination against Muslims.
Seven-in-ten Muslim Americans say they think discrimination against Muslims has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Nine-in-ten American Jews say they think discrimination against Jews has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
Black workers account for about 13% of all U.S. workers, including those who work full time, part time and are self-employed.
53% of U.S. adults say people overlooking racial discrimination is a bigger problem than people seeing it where it really didn’t exist.
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