About seven-in-ten Americans say they’ve had conversations about race in the past month

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June 12, 2020

Amid Protests, Majorities Across Racial and Ethnic Groups Express Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement

About seven-in-ten Americans say they’ve had conversations about race in the past month

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Amid Protests, Majorities Across Racial and Ethnic Groups Express Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement
More than four-in-ten Americans say working locally with black people would be very effective in achieving equality; smaller shares say protests are effective
Roughly half of Americans say Trump has made race relations worse
Republicans and Democrats differ over factors driving the protests
Public sees a mix of motivations behind recent protests
A majority of black men say they have been unfairly stopped by police
Most Americans express support for the Black Lives Matter movement
Public sees a mix of factors underlying recent protests; views differ widely by party
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About four-in-ten black Americans say they have been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity
About one-in-ten black, Hispanic and Asian adults say they have attended a protest or rally focused on race or racial equality in the last month
About two-thirds of Americans support Black Lives Matter, but views are deeply divided along partisan lines
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to see several strategies as effective for addressing black inequality

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