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.
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Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.
A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.
Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
U.S. Hispanicsโ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.
Black Republicans tend to support individualistic approaches to addressing racial inequality, while Black Democrats back institutional approaches.
Around four-in-ten Black adults in the United States (39%) say Black Lives Matter has done the most to help Black people in recent years.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
57% of Black adults say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use by adults; 28% say it should be legal for medical use only.
While Bidenโs rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980.
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