Black Democrats differ from other Democrats in their views on gender identity, transgender issues
Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
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Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
Black men are now on par with American Indian or Alaska Native men as the demographic groups most likely to die from overdoses.
Blacks have long outnumbered whites in U.S. prisons. But a significant decline in the number of black prisoners has narrowed the gap.
Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.
There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
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On some subjects, racial differences among the police are considerably more pronounced than they are among the public as a whole.
Among the challenges U.S. police officers perceive on the job is a widespread feeling that police are mistreated by the media.
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