Survey reveals Blacks still feel greatly hindered by their race in 2019
Same report shows that whites don't feel race affects them as much
A Pew Research survey that reveals 76% of Black citizens have had an experience, opposed to the 67% of white Americans who stated they have not.
In 2019, the belief in constraints by racial discrimination is still prevalent, evident by a new survey that reveals 76% of Black citizens have had an experience, opposed to the 67% of white Americans who stated they have not.
The results of the survey, created by Pew Research Center, have been compiled in a report titled “Race in America 2019” and is comprised of 6,600 people. The breakdown of the participants contained 3,000 whites, 1,500 Black and Latino members and 355 Asians, adjusting the number of minority responses to be more consistent with the population base at large.
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Details of the survey show the skewed thoughts of society. Of the white population surveyed, only 7% believed that Blacks would reach a similar level of equality in the rights afforded to them. In comparison, half of the Black population state they never will have the same opportunities as their white counterparts.
“One of our overall takeaways is that Americans are quite negative about the state of relations and equality,” Anna Brown, a research analyst with Pew Research Center detailed to Atlanta Black Star.
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Many of the hindrances uncovered in the beliefs of Blacks and Latinos in the survey are rooted in the rhetoric and events that have occurred during the tenure of President Donald Trump. Those actions and events have been both direct and indirect, notably the characterization of participants of rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia as “very fine people” or the demeaning of nations beyond America, which have heritages that are associated with minority groups.
Additional details of “Race in America 2019” reveal Blacks who have experienced college have identified their race as a factor in career progression and have been able to identify hindrances due to their racial backgrounds. The comparative white survey participants could also acknowledge their privilege. More factors that identified the direction of belief are political party alignment, where white Democrats were able to see the effect in post-slavery America opposed to white Republicans. Another was age, where older Blacks were more favorable of the current state of Black-white interactions oppose to those that are younger.
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Full details of the “Race in America 2019” report can be found online on the Pew Research Center website.
