Before protests, black Americans said religious sermons should address race relations
Six-in-ten black adults say it is important for houses of worship to address “political topics such as immigration and race relations.”
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Six-in-ten black adults say it is important for houses of worship to address “political topics such as immigration and race relations.”
Trump’s approval rating has dropped among a range of religious groups, including white evangelicals – though they remain strongly supportive.
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.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
U.S. Hispanic teens are more likely than U.S. teens overall to identify as Catholic and say it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral.
77% of white evangelicals say they are at least somewhat confident that the president is doing a good job responding to the outbreak.
The most common age was 11 for Hispanics, 27 for blacks and 29 for Asians as of last July. Multiracial Americans were by far the youngest racial or ethnic group.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
About half of black Muslims are converts to Islam, a relatively high conversion level. Black Muslims, like black Americans overall, have high levels of religious commitment.
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