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1. How Americans see the state of race relations
A plurality of Americans say expressing racist views has grown more acceptable
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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