For Black History Month, a look at what Black Americans say is needed to overcome racial inequality
Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.
Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
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.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
We are committed to hearing and addressing the experiences of people of color—as well as confronting racism and working for a better America.
The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
The latest data on the state of race relations in the U.S. and how much progress has been made — or not — in achieving racial equality.
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