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title: "See Immigrant/Native Born Conflict"
description: "A majority (55%) of adults said there are conflicts between immigrants and people born in the U.S., substantially more than see such conflicts between blacks and whites or the young and old."
date: "2009-10-05"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2009/10/05/see-immigrantnative-born-conflict/"
---

# See Immigrant/Native Born Conflict

A majority (55%) of adults said there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between immigrants and people born in the United States. Nearly as many — 47% — said the same about conflicts between rich people and poor people, according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends project. The survey found that substantially few Americans — about four-in-ten (39%) — believe there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites, and only a quarter (26%) see major generational divisions between the young and old. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/1354/social-conflict-in-america)