About four-in-ten blacks are skeptical that the country will ever achieve racial equality | Pew Research Center

June 21, 2016

3. Discrimination and racial inequality

About four-in-ten blacks are skeptical that the country will ever achieve racial equality

About four-in-ten blacks are skeptical that the country will ever achieve racial equality

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About four-in-ten blacks are skeptical that the country will ever achieve racial equality

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3. Discrimination and racial inequality
About six-in-ten Americans say more changes needed to achieve racial equality
Views of country’s progress on racial equality differ by race and ethnicity
White Republicans and Democrats differ widely on how far country has come on racial equality
About four-in-ten blacks are skeptical that the country will ever achieve racial equality
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to point to discrimination as a major reason that some blacks have a harder time getting ahead
Most Americans say individual, not institutional, racism is the bigger problem; blacks are divided
Perceptions of how blacks are treated in the U.S. vary widely across race and ethnicity
Blacks are more likely than whites and Hispanics to perceive unfair treatment of blacks in their communities