Black Americans' views differ greatly from those of whites, Hispanics Morial said the USA TODAY polling data represents a tension in a country whose face is rapidly changing and was exemplified by an electorate that swung from Barack Obama's historic election in 2008 to elevating Donald Trump eight years later.
"There's almost a cold war in America over the future of the country, and central to that debate is the issue of race and ethnicity, not only Black people but all nonwhite peoples," Marc Morial, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, told USA TODAY. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that banned affirmative action in college admissions. The poll comes during what many see as a racial crossroads for the country, spotlighted by the U.S. Only about 14% of Americans said racism is not a problem. About 38% of respondents said racism is a problem but not one of the biggest facing the nation. Watch Video: Why Black children are more likely to suffer from asthmaĪs President Joe Biden and Congress have failed to deliver on promises of police accountability and amid a conservative-led backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion policies, many Black Americans are uplifting a centuries-old debate around reparations for slavery as the clearest pathway to racial equality.Īhead of the July Fourth holiday, more than 45% of Americans said racism is a big problem or the biggest problem facing the United States, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll.
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