… According to Gallup, 54 percent of blacks believe government should play “a major role” in improving the economic and social welfare of minorities in this country. Only 22 percent of whites agree. The role of government is at the core of the partisan division in this country. It’s a […] Read more »
50 years after March on Washington: Americans’ views on race
Fifty years after the March on Washington, there is a wide divergence between the views of white and black Americans on the issue of racial discrimination. While sizeable majorities of both whites and blacks think there is at least some racial discrimination today, blacks are more apt to say it […] Read more »
Were Republicans really the party of civil rights in the 1960s?
With Republicans having trouble with minorities, some like to point out that the party has a long history of standing up for civil rights compared to Democrats. Democrats, for example, were less likely to vote for the civil rights bills of the 1950s and 1960s. Democrats were more likely to […] Read more »
As in 1963, Blacks Still Feel Disadvantaged in Getting Jobs
Sixty percent of U.S. blacks believe whites have better chances than blacks to get jobs for which they are qualified, while 39% believe whites and blacks have equal opportunities. Blacks’ views are more positive now than they were in 1963, when 74% thought whites had better chances at jobs. Blacks […] Read more »
Many Americans say King’s dream hasn’t become a reality yet
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. declared his desire for a more colorblind America in his stirring “I have a dream” speech. “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin […] Read more »
Blacks Less Satisfied With Way Blacks Are Treated
Blacks are somewhat less satisfied now (41%) than they were earlier this summer (47%) with the way blacks are treated in the U.S. By contrast, their views of how other groups are treated are no worse today than they were in June and early July. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »