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    3. Discrimination and racial inequality

    Most Americans say, as a country, we have yet to achieve racial equality. Roughly six-in-ten (61%) say that our country needs to continue making changes for blacks to have equal rights with whites, while 30% say we have made the changes needed to bring about equality. Blacks and Hispanics are particularly likely to say more […]

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    Blacks with college experience more likely to say they faced discrimination

    A majority of black Americans say that at some point in their lives theyโ€™ve experienced discrimination or were treated unfairly because of their race or ethnicity, but blacks who have attended college are more likely than those without any college experience to say so.

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    Methodology

    Survey methods The survey date used in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 29 to May 8, 2016, among a national sample of 3,769 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (977 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 2,792 […]

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    3. The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter emerges: Social activism on Twitter

    In recent years, social media have become a common way for political groups and social movements to organize. On Twitterโ€™s 10-year anniversary, the site published a list of the most used hashtags related to social causes. Two of the top three were directly related to issues of race. According to Twitter, #Ferguson was the most […]

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    5 facts about race in America

    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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    Restrictions on Womenโ€™s Religious Attire

    Many countries have laws that ban or limit women from wearing religious attire in public places. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire for religious reasons.

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