A plurality of the public believes that gays and lesbians face “a lot” of bias — roughly double the proportions that see widespread discrimination against blacks or Hispanics.

Seven-in-ten whites and six-in-ten blacks say that the values held by blacks and whites have become more similar in the past 10 years.

A majority of blacks now say that blacks who cannot get ahead in this country are mainly responsible for their own situation.

Overall, about a quarter of Americans see President Obama as black; a majority see him as of mixed race.

Nearly twice as many blacks now as in 2007 say that the “situation of black people in this country” is better than it was five years earlier.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they consider themselves Muslims first; 28% say they think of themselves first as Americans.

A substantial minority of Muslims in Nigeria say that violence against civilians in defense of Islam can sometimes or often be justified.