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Race in America 2019
Most black adults have negative views about the country’s racial progress
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- Race in America 2019
- Black and white adults have similar views on use of the N-word
- Whites and blacks differ widely in views of how blacks are treated
- Blacks are far more likely than whites to say discrimination is a major obstacle for black people
- White Republicans, white Democrats differ widely in their views of the country’s racial progress
- A majority of U.S. adults say Trump has made race relations worse
- Most say it’s now more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views
- Most black adults have negative views about the country’s racial progress
- About half of blacks say being black has hurt their ability to get ahead
- Nonwhites are more likely to see advantages in being white
- Most blacks say someone has acted suspicious of them or as if they weren’t smart
- Blacks are more likely than other groups to see their race or ethnicity as central to their identity