On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart
About four-in-ten blacks are doubtful that the U.S. will ever achieve racial equality
Almost eight years after Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first black president –an event that engendered a sense of optimism among many Americans about the future of race relations1 – a series of flashpoints around the U.S. has exposed deep racial divides and reignited a national conversation about race. A new Pew Research Center survey finds profound differences between black and white adults in their views on racial discrimination, barriers to black progress and the prospects for change.
