Nearly a year after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, Americans remain more likely than they were before his death to say that police violence is a serious problem, but relatively few say attention in the past year to the issue has led […] Read more »
Heightened Racial Concern a Clear Legacy of Floyd’s Death
A year after George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, and the racial justice protests that followed, Americans continue to be more focused on race-related concerns than they were prior to those events. So far in 2021, 10% of U.S. adults, on average, have mentioned race relations, lack of racial […] Read more »
Don’t Sleep on Asian American Voters
… Even amid soaring participation from all major racial groups, Asian Americans increased their turnout by more than any other cohort, according to recently released studies by the Census Bureau and Catalist, a Democratic voter-targeting firm. In fact, no major demographic group in recent decades has increased its turnout from […] Read more »
Where Views On Race And Police Stand A Year After George Floyd’s Murder
White and Black Americans have very different views of race in America and have had very different experiences when it comes to dealing with discrimination and trusting police, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll details. And three-quarters of American adults agree with the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek […] Read more »
A majority of Americans say policing should be reformed. But most white people still don’t think police treat Black people differently
The high profile killing of George Floyd and subsequent trial has forced many Americans to examine systemic racism and its role in criminal justice over the last year. A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll suggests that more Americans are now recognizing disparities in the lived experience of people of color in […] Read more »
America’s Racial Crisis: STAATUS Index Report 2021
… The newly formed organization Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change or LAAUNCH, has conducted a national study to unearth data on the attitudes and perceptions of Asian Americans to address the root causes of racism and discrimination. Named the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the […] Read more »