The poll found that 56 percent of Americans believe American society is racist.
Seventy-one percent believe race relations are either very or fairly bad. Most troubling, 65 percent of black Americans say that racial discrimination is built into American society, "Including into our policies and institutions."
American law has banned discrimination on race for two generations and more than half a century; in fact, the only racially discriminatory laws on the books cut in favor of racial minorities, who have been granted special privileges in arenas like college admissions.
The police are no longer instruments of racial terror, contrary to popular media narrative; in many of America's largest cities, police forces are either majority minority or nearly so, and police are not more likely to shoot and kill black Americans than white Americans.
Black Americans occupy many of the most prominent positions in American society, from government, to entertainment, to education, to finance.
Americans are more than willing to fight those who would obstruct the possibility of success for those who make the right decisions.
If a majority of Americans believe that society is racist - not just individuals, but a vast swath of friends and neighbors, and America's institutions to boot - then it will be quite difficult for Americans to unify.
Seventy-one percent believe race relations are either very or fairly bad. Most troubling, 65 percent of black Americans say that racial discrimination is built into American society, "Including into our policies and institutions."
American law has banned discrimination on race for two generations and more than half a century; in fact, the only racially discriminatory laws on the books cut in favor of racial minorities, who have been granted special privileges in arenas like college admissions.
The police are no longer instruments of racial terror, contrary to popular media narrative; in many of America's largest cities, police forces are either majority minority or nearly so, and police are not more likely to shoot and kill black Americans than white Americans.
Black Americans occupy many of the most prominent positions in American society, from government, to entertainment, to education, to finance.
Americans are more than willing to fight those who would obstruct the possibility of success for those who make the right decisions.
If a majority of Americans believe that society is racist - not just individuals, but a vast swath of friends and neighbors, and America's institutions to boot - then it will be quite difficult for Americans to unify.
No comments:
Post a Comment