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    4. Racial identity and views about the news

    Americans who say that being Black is important to their identity often differ from other Black adults in their views about coverage of Black people, solutions to unfair coverage and the role of Black journalists. (Previous Center findings provide more details on race being central to the identity of Black Americans.) For example, about two-thirds […]

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    3. Achieving racial equality

    We asked people who say efforts to ensure equal rights haven’t gone far enough how much they think each of the following needs to change to ensure equality for all people, regardless of race and ethnicity: Within that group of respondents, majorities of 80% or more say each of these requires at least major changes, […]

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    Appendix C: Codebook

    Below are the instructions given to researchers who coded the responses to the open-ended question. Keywords listed with each code represent examples indicating how a unit of information could be coded and are not a complete list of all concepts per code. We asked respondents in 24 countries what they think would help improve the […]

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    3. Black representation in newsrooms

    Black Americans see an important role for Black people in the newsgathering process as one possible way to improve coverage of race and Black communities. But they largely do not feel that their news broadly needs to come from Black journalists, nor do they see reporters’ race as a dominant factor in whether news is […]

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    2. Issues and the 2024 election

    As concerns around the state of the economy and inflation continue, about eight-in-ten registered voters (81%) say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election. While the economy is the top issue among voters, a large majority (69%) cite at least five of the 10 issues asked about in […]

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    1. Wealth gaps within racial and ethnic groups

    In this chapter, we focus on the differences in wealth between richer and poorer members of each racial and ethnic group we studied. Our key findings are: The range of wealth within racial and ethnic groups The wealth divide across poorer and richer households in the United States varies from one racial and ethnic group […]

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    3. Views of the treatment of Black people in America

    In 2020, nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd led to what some called a period of racial reckoning. Three years later, 40% of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality since 2020 has led to changes that are improving the lives of Black people, compared with 57% who say it […]

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