{"id":39429,"date":"2019-05-08T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2019\/05\/08\/americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:12:42","slug":"americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2019\/05\/08\/americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country\u2019s Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse<\/a>, and as companies from Wall Street<\/a> to Silicon Valley<\/a> grapple with how to build workforces that reflect these changing demographics, Americans have a complicated, even contradictory, set of views about the impact of diversity and the best way to achieve it. Most say it\u2019s a good thing that the country has a diverse population, but many also say this introduces its own set of challenges. And while a majority values workplace diversity, few endorse the idea of taking race or ethnicity into consideration in hiring and promotions, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n

When it comes to diversity in the communities where they live, most U.S. adults (66%) \u2013 including a majority of those who live in neighborhoods with little diversity \u2013 are satisfied with the racial mix in their area. A majority (54%) says children should go to local schools, even if that results in most schools being less diverse. Fewer (42%) say children should go to schools that are racially and ethnically mixed, even if that means some students go to school outside of their local community.<\/p>\n\n

Overall, white, black and Hispanic adults are about equally likely to say it\u2019s good that the U.S. population is racially and ethnically mixed, and majorities across these groups say this has had a positive impact on U.S. culture. But black Americans place more value than whites and Hispanics on workplace diversity and school integration.<\/p>\n\n

Opinions on these issues also vary considerably along party lines, with Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic Party more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to express positive views of the importance and impact of racial and ethnic diversity. This is the case even after taking into account the differences in the racial composition of the two parties.[1. Because whites and nonwhites have different views of some questions related to racial and ethnic diversity, and nonwhites disproportionately identify with or lean to the Democratic Party, gaps between Republicans and Democrats are sometimes shown among whites in this report in order to account for differences in the racial composition of the two parties.]<\/p>\n\n

These are among the key findings on views about diversity from a nationally representative survey of 6,637 U.S. adults conducted online Jan. 22-Feb. 5, 2019, in English and Spanish, using Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel<\/a>.[2. The survey includes an oversample of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. For more details, see the Methodology<\/a> section of the report.]<\/p>\n\n

These findings are part of a larger survey that also explores Americans\u2019 attitudes about race relations and racial inequality and the role of race in people\u2019s lives. For more, see \u201c<\/em>Race in America 2019<\/em><\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n

A note about the Asian sample<\/div>