… While a large share of Americans embrace racial resentment and other less explicit forms of racism, the overt racism that Trump has dabbled in may be more alienating. To examine this question, I turned to the American National Election Studies (ANES) 2016 pilot survey, which asked respondents about their […] Read more »
Fewer in U.S. Say Men and Women Have Equal Job Opportunities
Approximately half of U.S. adults believe women have equal job opportunities as men, although women themselves (43%) are significantly less likely than men (61%) to agree. The 52% of U.S. adults saying men and women have equal job opportunities is down slightly from 57% in 2008, mostly related to a […] Read more »
Less Than Half in U.S. OK With Treatment of Immigrants, Arabs
Among six key groups in society, Americans are least satisfied with the way Arabs and immigrants are treated in the U.S. Less than half of Americans are satisfied with the treatment of either group. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Americans’ Optimism About Blacks’ Opportunities Wanes
Sixty-four percent of Americans believe blacks have the same chance as whites in their local community to get a job for which they are qualified, but the percentage holding that view has declined in recent years and is the lowest since 1995. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Majority Still Hopeful for Solution to Race Problems
Speaking at the services of five slain Dallas police officers on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said the recent violence makes Americans wonder “if the divides of race in America can ever be bridged,” but he urged them to “reject such despair.” The majority of Americans, at least from a long-term […] Read more »
Negative views of race relations reach all-time high
Following the shooting of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent shooting of five police officers by a black gunman in Dallas, negative views of race relations in the U.S. have risen to a level not seen since the 1992 Los Angeles riots […] Read more »