Minorities and Discrimination
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The latest from the University of North Carolina and Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds diversity is important for Black parents choosing childcare, and they report their child may experience racial bias in treatment.
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Two years after George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police, half of Americans (50%) support "major changes" to policing in the U.S., and another 39% favor "minor changes."
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Americans have become less confident in recent years that equality exists for Black people in housing or jobs and, perhaps as a result, they are more supportive of affirmative action. But racial gaps in perceptions persist.
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Thirty-five percent of Black Americans reported being treated unfairly while shopping recently, the highest in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's trend. Reports of unfair treatment in other situations are steady rather than declining.
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Sixty-four percent of Americans say racism against Black people is widespread in the U.S., a new high in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's trend. The majority of U.S. adults remain dissatisfied with how Black people are treated.
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U.S. adults' positive ratings of relations between Black and White Americans are at their lowest point in more than two decades of measurement.
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The 2020 Great Jobs Report provides insight on how COVID-19 affected the quality of U.S. jobs and exacerbated existing job inequities.
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Turnout among Black Americans dropped in 2016 compared with 2008 and 2012, and where it ends up this year could be a significant determinant of the election outcome.
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The overall life ratings of Black Americans have eroded since 2016, but negative emotional experiences are unchanged in recent years.
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While majorities say Black and White Americans have equal chances to get a job, housing or good education, each reading is at its lowest in over 30 years.
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Americans believe racial inequities need to be fixed but are reluctant to support disruptive changes that have been proposed to bring such fixes about.
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Americans are less likely now than at any point in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's 25-year trend to say civil rights for Black adults have improved.