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Black people who are Republican are labeled as racist by their own people because they are choosing to support a political party that basically stands against black people. Black republicans explain that they value their political belief because they feel that America is able to make up for their many mistakes.

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Some liberal pundits have labeled Black Republicans as racists solely based on the political party they represent.

The most recent example came Thursday when late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., saying the senator, who recently made headlines for his response to President Biden's address before Congress, "let the American people know the Republican Party isn't racist."

Scott said in his Wednesday night rebuttal to the president that America is "not a racist country," sparking backlash from some Democrats on social media.

However, prominent Democrats including Biden himself, Vice President Kamala Harris and House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., agree with Scott, arguing that while the nation itself is not racist, it can improve its institutions and attitudes.

Kimmel mocked the South Carolina senator on his late night TV show.

"Every Black Republican senator got together to let the American people know the Republican Party isn't racist," Kimmel said, "and then Tim promptly returned to the sensory deprivation egg he calls home."

While Kimmel criticized Republicans for the party's low Black representation in the Senate, there are only two Black Democratic Senators: Cory Booker of New Jersey and Raphael Warnock of Georgia. There have been only 11 Black Senators in U.S. history, among them Harris of California and former President Barack Obama of Illinois.

Kimmel, who has previously apologized for donning blackface to mock NBA star Karl Malone, received some criticism from right-leaning social media users following his show, but his comments were not unique.
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"Uncle Tim" trended on Twitter after Scott's speech Wednesday, a play on the "Uncle Tom" slur for Black people viewed as overly deferential to White people.

The term isn't new to Scott. The Vermont newspaper, Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, published a cartoon by Jeff Danziger last August titled "Uncle Tim's Cabin," portraying Scott sitting outside a cabin with a Trump sign planted in his yard.

The slur has also been used against other prominent Black Republicans.

MSNBC's Joy Reid, who is Black, referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "Uncle Clarence" while discussing the 2020 presidential election.

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin, who is Black, said she was disappointed to see Scott "used" on Wednesday, and her co-host Joy Behar, who is White, said Scott didn't "understand" the difference between a racist country and systemic racism.
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"Yes, maybe it's not a racist country. Maybe Americans, the majority, are not racist. But we live in a country with systemic racism," Behar said on the show. "The fact that Tim Scott cannot acknowledge this is appalling. How can you go out there and say that when you just said two minutes ago that you were the object and the victim of discrimination?"

During his rebuttal speech, Scott discussed his many experiences with discrimination and specifically mentioned the names he has been called by liberals, including "Uncle Tom" and the "N-word."

Behar took heat from former GOP congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik on "The View" in September when hosts engaged Klacik, a Baltimore native, in a heated discussion about former President Donald Trump's admission to veteran journalist Bob Woodward of wanting to "downplay" the severity of COVID-19 early on and whether it "cost lives."

"First of all, I think that we didn't handle the pandemic as a country great as a whole," Klacik said. "This is why I talk about bringing the biotech industry right back to the Baltimore city port. We've allowed a lot of jobs and manufacturing to go overseas thanks to NAFTA in the Bill Clinton administration and that's why [Trump's] pulling it back."

Behar wasn't satisfied with her response.

"Excuse me, I have to say something to you," the co-host said. "He told Bob Woodward that it was a very serious issue and it's airborne and that it was terrible. And then he went out and told the American people, 'Don't wear masks, it's all going to go away.' You have to put some blame on your president. I'm sorry, you're putting it on something extraneous here. Talk to the point, please."

Klacik responded: "Is this the same Joy that paraded in blackface not too long ago? C'mon, Joy, I don't think you should be asking these questions."

"That's not true," Behar said. "Excuse me, excuse me! The Black community had my back. They know that that was not blackface, that was a homage."
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Nearly a year earlier, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron -- the first Black Republican elected statewide -- was blasted by the Kentucky Herald Leader during his race in 2019.

"This is what the @HeraldLeader - a "tolerant," left-leaning newspaper - thinks about black folks who dare to be Republican. You're a racist following the KKK unless you hate @realDonaldTrump," he tweeted in response to a comic by illustrator Joel Pett published in the newspaper depicting Trump as a KKK member and Cameron holding his robe.

"Let's make history on [Nov. 5] and show we don't take orders from the elites anymore," he added.

Courier-Journal columnist and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joseph Gerth echoed that same narrative in a Friday op-ed targeting Cameron.

"Good news for all the racists out there who claim they're not racists and for those who claim the system hasn't been set up to benefit white people. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has their backs," he wrote.
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Gerth noted that Cameron "says there is no such thing as systemic racism in America," adding: "I'm not sure what America he lives in or what kind of Pollyanna world he resides, but Cameron's reality clearly doesn't reflect what those who open their eyes to the truth see."

In another recent example, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told The Washington Examiner that local news outlet WRAL crossed a line when it published a February cartoon by cartoonist Dennis Draughon depicting Republican members of the North Carolina State Board of Education on which Robinson serves as KKK members.

"This depiction of me and other Republican board members was done by a news outlet here in North Carolina that says it prides itself [on] delivering fair, balanced news and providing a service to the people, where they're trying to get information that's valuable to their readers in understanding policy issues that are important to them," Robinson told the Examiner.

He continued: "In other words, WRAL has said that they stand against bigotry, that they stand against racism, that they stand against inaccuracies. Then, they post a cartoon that is not only bigoted but also historically inaccurate."
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Robinson said he would have left the image "alone" had it "been done by some private individual on Facebook" or Instagram, but the public nature of the cartoon published by a major news outlet, he is "holding WRAL to their standards."

Seth Effron, opinion editor for Capitol Broadcasting Company, issued a statement saying cartoons are meant to be "creative and provocative, u sing hyperbole and satire."

"The editorial cartoon by Dennis Draughon is meant to point out that these members of the State Board are trying to wipe out from the social studies curriculum the record of racism which includes the Klan and the segregationist practices that were imposed in our state and nation's history," Effron said.
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Robinson told the Examiner that portraying members of the GOP, "which is the party that is responsible for ending slavery and for ending Jim Crow," as the KKK "is blatantly, historically inaccurate."

"The Republican Party ... was formed partly to stand up against the evils of slavery," he said. "To depict us, GOP members of the state school board, as racist because we are diametrically opposed to these standards, it is historically inaccurate. What's more, it's just wrong. It's wrong in every way that you can think of."
Fox News' David Rutz and Joseph Wulfson contributed to this report.

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Some liberal pundits have labeled Black Republicans as racists solely based on the political party they represent. The most recent example came Thursday when late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., saying the senator, who recently made headlines for his response to President Biden's address before Congress, "let the American people know the Republican Party isn't racist."

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This article includes facts on racism in the US and one of the facts state that 1 in 2 African Americans experienced discrimination. It explains that although it's clear that black people are treated differently by the police, some white people blame the killings on the way the black people respond to the officers.

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The high profile killing of George Floyd and subsequent trial has forced many Americans to examine systemic racism and its role in criminal justice over the last year. A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll suggests that more Americans are now recognizing disparities in the lived experience of people of color in the U.S., especially in regard to policing.

In the poll conducted May 4 to 10, 32 percent of U.S. adults said they believe local police treat people of color more harshly, up from 25 percent in September 2015. However, there is still a huge racial discrepancy, with 25 percent of white people saying people of color are treated more harshly, while 61 percent of Black people felt that to be the case.

On April 21, a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering Floyd, nearly a year after Floyd's killing. Most Americans - 77 percent - agree that Chauvin was guilty of murdering Floyd, including nearly all Democrats and most independents. But 15 percent of Americans disagree with the trial's verdict. Republicans are split, with 52 percent saying they agree with Chauvin's conviction. Looking across race and ethnicity, 89 percent of Black Americans support the outcome, along with 74 percent of white Americans and 79 percent of Latino Americans.

Social justice advocates and experts say more must be done to address how racism has corrupted policing and prevented people in communities of color from feeling safe while enjoying what white Americans often take for granted - being in their homes, driving their cars and walking down the street.

Attitudes about racism

When asked how they viewed race relations today compared to a year ago, 17 percent of Americans said things have gotten better. But 42 percent say race relations have worsened in the time since Floyd was killed.

Polling data suggests overall pessimism has diminished in recent years. In September 2015, a year after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, 58 percent of Americans said that race relations were worsening.

"America - we're less worse than we used to be," writer, comedian and commentator Baratunde Thurston said when reflecting on that shift in perception. But he added that he hopes the country's "actions can earn those degrees of progress" in measurable ways and beyond criminal justice, such as maternal and infant mortality, health outcomes and economic stability, so "that we can make things better and not just less worse."

But when analyzing how Americans view race and racism, it is important to examine how different groups respond, and how much - or how little - those responses resemble each other, said Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., a professor of African American studies at Princeton University. Some of these latest poll numbers, Glaude said, suggest there is "a gulf in experience."

In this latest poll, 49 percent of Black Americans say race relations in the U.S. have remained the same over the last year, while 34 percent said they have gotten worse. But when asked about their own communities, the glass seemed a bit more full, with 70 percent of Black Americans saying things are essentially unchanged and only 13 percent saying they've gotten worse. On a local level, white Americans were largely in agreement, with 71 percent saying things were largely unchanged and 10 percent saying they were worse.

Overall, 69 percent of Americans said race relations where they live are about the same as they were a year ago. That number drops 30 percentage points, to 39 percent, when asked about the United States as a whole.

Historically, Glaude said data shows that "white America just doesn't see the state of race in the same way" as communities of color do. But this moment could signal a change, he said.

People aren't quite sure where we'll land, but at least we're there," he said.

On the whole, Americans are optimistic about the direction the country is heading in addressing systemic racism. A majority of U.S. adults - 57 percent - think future generations will enjoy better race relations than now, including 61 percent of Black Americans and 53 percent of Latinos.

That is encouraging, especially for people of color, Glaude said, because people are having those conversations about race more frequently and "seeing it from a very similar lens."

Policing

Chauvin's conviction marked a rare outcome in the U.S. criminal justice system.

For years, data on officer-involved deaths has been difficult to gather - let alone on convictions for those deaths. Between 2005 and 2019, 104 police officers were charged with murder or manslaughter after shooting someone while on-duty, according to a 2019 study from researchers at Bowling Green State University. Of those charged, the study suggested only four had been convicted of murder. There are many more examples of police use of force that shooting data does not capture - including cases like Floyd's.
A 2019 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences suggested the Black men and boys are killed by police at a rate of 96 per 100,000 deaths. That is far greater than white men and boys, who die at the hands of police at a rate of 39 per 100,000 deaths.

Frustrated with a lack of data, a number of grassroots efforts have emerged over the last several years to independently track these incidents. The Fatal Encounters database relies on public records and crowd-sourced data to build a picture of the risk communities of color face with respect to police violence. Law enforcement may not accurately record what took place in every incident, which can lead to undercounts in data provided by departments.
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The role of video footage was vital in securing Chauvin's conviction. Video of Floyd's final moments made the brutality of Chauvin's actions irrefutable for many, and ignited calls for social justice. Americans in this latest poll broadly support the use of body cameras on police officers, with 90 percent saying they believe those devices do more good than harm.

The use of body cameras is wise policy for both citizens and police officers, said Michael Williams, a retired Memphis police officer who served as president for the city's police association. He said that cameras offer an unblinking witness account of what happens when police officers interact with the public in ways that a few seconds of cell phone videos may not, and also serve officers, as they can be used to defend against false accusations.

"It holds officers accountable but it also holds citizens accountable," he said.

Williams said he blames Trump for inflaming racism and emboldening racists to act publicly on feelings they may have otherwise withheld privately. More needs to be done, he said.

"There has to be some healing in this country after that, but everybody has to be honest," he said. "Racism still exists in this country."

Thinking about what should happen next, two-thirds of Americans support reforming policies that dictate how police use force, though there is a gap between how white people and people of color perceive the issue. Eighty-nine percent of Black Americans and 86 percent of Latino Americans want police reform, while 62 percent of white Americans do. Slightly more than a quarter of U.S. adults - 28 percent - say there is no need for reform.

Those differing perspectives might be because their experiences with police differ. According to the poll, 61 percent of Black Americans say local police treat people of color more harshly than they do people who are white. Only a third of Americans overall agree, and just a quarter of white Americans feel that way.

A majority of Americans - 53 percent - say police officers where they live treat Black and white residents the same. Sixty percent of white Americans believe that to be true.

Is Biden's leadership making a difference?

Roughly a third of Americans say they expect race relations to improve under Biden's leadership. That is compared to about a quarter of Americans who felt the same way in February 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump's inauguration. But 34 percent of U.S. adults say race relations will stay about the same with Biden and 28 percent said they expect them to further decline, including 65 percent of Republicans.

Overall, 51 percent of Americans say they approve of Biden's handling of race relations. About half of Black Americans think race relations will improve under Biden's leadership, along with 31 percent of white Americans, who are evenly split over whether they think race relations will get better, worse or stay the same.

On April 28, when Biden gave his first address to a joint session of Congress, he vowed to pay attention to intelligence reports warning of a growing white supremacist threat in the U.S.
"White supremacy is terrorism," he said. "We're not going to ignore that either."

The Trump administration often did ignore that threat, and many of the perpetrators of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol - Trump supporters who falsely believed Biden's election to be illegitimate - espoused white supremacist beliefs. Some carried Confederate battle flags into the Capitol. Others wore T-shirts that mocked the Holocaust or apparel with Nazi emblems.

But not all Americans agree that white supremacy is the "most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today," as Biden said. Nearly half - 48 percent - of U.S. adults disagree with that statement, including 88 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of independents.

"There's a lot that divides us," said Barbara Carvalho, who directs the Marist Poll. "There's a very strong consensus that things should and can be better and we need to work towards that."
PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll conducted a survey May 4-10 that polled 1,249 U.S. adults (margin of error of 3.3 percentage points) 1,075 registered voters (margin of error of 3.6 percentage points), 737 white Americans (margin of error of 4.3 percentage points, 137 Black Americans (margin of error of 10.1 percentage points) and 187 Latino Americans (margin of error of 8.6 percentage points).

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Nearly half of Americans don't believe white supremacy is the country's biggest terrorist threat

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The high profile killing of George Floyd and subsequent trial has forced many Americans to examine systemic racism and its role in criminal justice over the last year. A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll suggests that more Americans are now recognizing disparities in the lived experience of people of color in the U.S., especially in regard to policing.

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Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project

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A majority of Americans say race relations in the United States are bad, and of those, about seven-in-ten say things are getting even worse. Roughly two-thirds say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Donald Trump was elected, even if not necessarily more acceptable.

Opinions about the state of race relations, Trump's handling of the issue and the amount of attention paid to race vary considerably across racial and ethnic groups. Blacks, Hispanics and Asians are more likely than whites to say Trump has made race relations worse and that there's too little attention paid to race in the U.S. these days. In addition, large majorities of blacks, Hispanics and Asians say people not seeing discrimination where it exists is a bigger problem in the U.S. than people seeing it where it doesn't exist, but whites are about evenly divided on this.

This chapter also explores Americans' views of intergroup relations; whether they think the better approach to improving race relations is to focus on what different groups have in common or on the unique experiences of each racial and ethnic group; whether they have ever heard friends or family members make potentially racist or racially insensitive comments or jokes and, if so, did they confront them; and views about white people and black people using the N-word.

Majorities of whites, blacks and Hispanics say race relations are bad

About six-in-ten Americans (58%) say race relations in the U.S. are generally bad, a view that is held by majorities across racial and ethnic groups. Still, blacks (71%) are considerably more likely than whites (56%) and Hispanics (60%) to express negative views about the state of race relations.

Democrats have more negative views of the current state of race relations than Republicans. About two-thirds of Democrats (67%) say race relations are bad, while Republicans are more evenly divided (46% say race relations are bad and 52% say they are good). These partisan differences are virtually unchanged when looking only at white Democrats and Republicans.

Overall, 53% of the public says race relations are getting worse. Views are particularly pessimistic among those who say race relations are currently bad: 69% of this group says race relations are getting even worse, and 22% say they're staying the same. Just 9% think they're getting better. Among those who say race relations are good, 30% see things getting even better, while 30% say they're getting worse and 40% don't see much change.

Majority of Americans say Trump has made race relations worse

Two years into Donald Trump's presidency, 56% of Americans say Trump has made race relations worse. A relatively small share (15%) say the president has made progress toward improving race relations, and 13% say he has tried but failed to make progress; 14% say Trump has not addressed race relations.

Assessments of the president's performance on race relations vary considerably along racial and ethnic lines. Most blacks (73%), Hispanics (69%) and Asians (65%) say Trump has made race relations worse, compared with about half of whites (49%).

Democrats and Republicans have widely different opinions of the president's handling of race relations. Fully 84% of Democrats say Trump has made race relations worse, compared with 20% of Republicans. And while 34% of Republicans say Trump has made progress toward improving race relations, virtually no Democrats (1%) say the same. Among Democrats, views on this don't vary much along racial or ethnic lines, but white Democrats (86%) are somewhat more likely than black Democrats (79%) to say Trump has made race relations worse.

Most Americans say it's become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump's election

Majorities across racial and ethnic groups say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected, but blacks (76%) and Hispanics (75%) are more likely than whites (60%) to say this is the case. Whites are more likely than blacks and Hispanics to say expressing these views is about as common as it was before Trump's election.

Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected (84% vs. 42%). Half of Republicans - vs. 12% of Democrats - say people expressing these views is about as common as it was before, while small shares in each group say it is now less common than before Trump's election. These partisan differences remain when looking only at white Democrats and Republicans.

Among whites and blacks, the view that expressing racist or racially insensitive views is now more common is particularly prevalent among those with more education. Some 84% of blacks with a bachelor's degree or more education and 86% with some college experience offer this opinion, compared with 66% of blacks with a high school diploma or less education. Among whites, the difference is between those with at least a bachelor's degree (71% say expressing these views has become more common) and those with some college (55%) or no college experience (53%).

More than four-in-ten say it's now more acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views

While most Americans say it's become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump's election, fewer (45%) say this has become more acceptable. About a quarter (23%) say it's now less acceptable for people to express these views, and 31% say it's about as acceptable as it was before Trump was elected.

Overall, blacks (53%) are more likely than whites (43%) or Hispanics (45%) to say it's become more acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views. Among Democrats, however, whites are the most likely to say this (70% of white Democrats vs. 55% of black and 57% of Hispanic Democrats).

Again, educational attainment is linked to these views. Among whites, blacks and Hispanics, the view that it has become increasingly acceptable for people to express racist or racially insensitive views is more prevalent among those with more education. Overall, 58% of adults with at least a bachelor's degree say this has become more acceptable since Trump's election, compared with 44% of those with some college and 36% of those with a high school diploma or less education.

Views on whether it's become more acceptable for people to express racist views since Trump was elected are also strongly linked with partisanship. More than six-in-ten Democrats (64%) say this is now more acceptable; 22% of Republicans say the same. Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say this is about as acceptable as it was before Trump's election (50% vs. 15%).

For the most part, Americans see positive intergroup relations

Despite their generally negative assessments of the current state of race relations, Americans tend to say that most racial and ethnic groups get along well with one another. Among those who gave an answer, about six-in-ten or more say this is the case for whites and Asians (88% say these groups get along very or pretty well), Hispanics and Asians (73%), blacks and Hispanics (65%), whites and Hispanics (63%) and blacks and Asians (62%). Relatively large shares do not know enough about how some of these groups get along to give an answer.

Assessments of how well blacks and whites get along are more divided. Among those who gave a rating, 51% say these groups generally get along well, while 49% say they don't get along too well or at all. Whites are far more positive than blacks in their views of how the two groups get along. About six-in-ten whites (58%) say blacks and whites get along well; the same share of blacks say these groups do not get along well.

There's a significant age gap among blacks on this issue: Blacks ages 50 and older express more positive views of black-white relations than do their younger counterparts. Among those in the older group, 53% say blacks and whites get along very well or pretty well, compared with 33% of black adults younger than 50.

Whites and Hispanics also offer considerably different views of how their groups get along, though majorities of each say they get along very well or pretty well (70% of whites vs. 54% of Hispanics). And while large shares of blacks and Hispanics say their groups generally get along, blacks (83%) are more likely than Hispanics (69%) to say this.

While those who say race relations are good are consistently more positive about how these groups get along, more than half of those who say race relations are bad also say intergroup relations - with the exception of black-white relations - are also generally positive. When it comes to how blacks and whites get along, just 36% of those who say race relations are bad say these groups get along well, compared with 76% of those who say race relations are good.

No consensus on best approach to improving race relations

More than half of Americans (55%) say that, when it comes to improving race relations, it is more important to focus on what different racial and ethnic groups have in common; 44% say it's more important to focus on each group's unique experiences.

Asians (58%), blacks (54%) and Hispanics (49%) are more likely than whites (39%) to say it's more important to focus on the unique experiences of different racial and ethnic groups. Still, about four-in-ten or more of these racial and ethnic minorities say the better approach to improving race relations is to focus on what different groups have in common.

Among whites, opinions vary considerably across age groups. Younger whites are the most likely to say that, when it comes to improving race relations, it's more important to focus on what makes different groups unique: 54% of those younger than 30 say this. In contrast, majorities of whites ages 30 to 49 (57%), 50 to 64 (63%) and 65 and older (67%) say it's more important to focus on what different racial and ethnic groups have in common. Age is not significantly linked to views about this among blacks or Hispanics.

Opinions about the amount of attention paid to race vary across racial and ethnic groups

About four-in-ten Americans (41%) say there's too much attention paid to race and racial issues in the country these days; 37% say there's too little attention, and 21% say it's about right. Whites are far more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to say there's too much attention paid to race, while blacks are more likely than other groups to say too little attention is paid to these issues.

Half of whites say too much attention is paid to race and racial issues these days, while smaller shares say there is too little (28%) or about the right amount of attention (21%). In contrast, about two-thirds of blacks (67%) and half of Hispanics say there's too little focus on race. Asians are more divided, with similar shares saying there's too little (39%) and too much (36%) attention paid to race and racial issues. A quarter of Asians say the amount of attention paid is about right.

Among whites, the view that the country is too focused on race is more common among those who are older and without a bachelor's degree. Opinions also differ considerably across party lines: Three-quarters of white Republicans think there's too much attention paid to race and racial issues, compared with 21% of white Democrats. About half of white Democrats (48%) say there's too little attention paid to these issues and 29% say it's about right. Black Democrats are far more likely than their white counterparts to say there's too little attention paid to race: 71% say that's the case.

Majority of Americans say racial discrimination is overlooked

When it comes to racial discrimination, a majority of Americans (57%) say the bigger problem for the country is people not seeing discrimination where it really exists, rather than people seeing racial discrimination where it really does not exist (42% say this is the bigger problem).

More than eight-in-ten black adults (84%) and somewhat smaller majorities of Hispanics (67%) and Asians (72%) say the bigger problem is people not seeing racial discrimination where it really exists. Among whites, about as many say the bigger problem is people overlooking discrimination (48%) rather than seeing it where it doesn't exist (52%).

Younger whites, as well as whites with a bachelor's degree or more education, are more likely than older and less-educated whites to say the bigger problem for the country is people not seeing racial discrimination where it really exists. Views also differ sharply by party, with white Democrats and white Republicans offering views that are the mirror image of each other: 78% of white Democrats say the bigger problem is people not seeing discrimination where it really exists, while 77% of Republicans say the bigger problem is people seeing discrimination where it doesn't exist.

One-in-five black adults say all or most whites in the U.S. are prejudiced against black people

Relatively small shares of Americans overall think all or most white people in the country are prejudiced against black people (9%) or that all or most black people are prejudiced against whites (13%). But majorities say at least some whites and blacks are prejudiced against the other group (70% say this about each group).

Among blacks, one-in-five say all or most white people in the U.S. are prejudiced against black people; 6% of whites say the same. The difference, while significant, is less pronounced when it comes to the shares of blacks (10%) and whites (14%) who say all or most black people are prejudiced against white people; 12% of Hispanics and 16% of Asians say this.

Whites (46%), blacks (44%), Hispanics (47%) and Asians (47%) are about equally likely to say they often or sometimes hear comments or jokes that can be considered racist or racially insensitive from friends or family members who share their racial background. About half in each group say this rarely or never happens.

Among those who say they hear these types of comments, even if rarely, majorities of whites (64%) and blacks (59%) say they have confronted a friend or family member who shares their racial background about this; 50% of Hispanics and 43% of Asians say they have done this.

While many say they have confronted a friend or family member who has made a racist comment, the public is skeptical that others would do the same. Only 6% of all adults think all or most white people would confront a white friend or family member who made such a comment about people who are black, and 3% say that all or most black people would do the same if a black friend or family member made a racist comment about people who are white.

Seven-in-ten say a white person using the N-word is never acceptable; about four-in-ten say it's never acceptable for blacks

Most Americans (70%) - including similar shares of blacks and whites - say they, personally, think it's never acceptable for a white person to use the N-word; about one-in-ten say this is always (3%) or sometimes (6%) acceptable. Opinions are more divided when it comes to black people using the N-word: About half say this is rarely (15%) or never (38%) acceptable, while a third say it is sometimes (20%) or always (13%) acceptable. Again, black and white adults offer similar views.

Among blacks, opinions about the use of the N-word by black people vary across genders and age groups. Black women are more likely than black men to say this is never acceptable (43% vs. 31%). And while half of blacks ages 50 and older say it's never acceptable for black people to use the N-word, 29% of blacks younger than 50 say the same.

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How Americans see the state of race relations

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A majority of Americans say race relations in the United States are bad, and of those, about seven-in-ten say things are getting even worse. Roughly two-thirds say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Donald Trump was elected, even if not necessarily more acceptable.

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Often times, police aren't convicted for the intentional killings of black people and for the first time ever, black people have gotten justice.

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Not too long ago, my family's food order was delivered to the wrong address. Same numbers - but a different street. My 12-year-old son volunteered to go around the corner to pick up the food from our neighbor's porch. As soon as he walked out of the door, I stopped breathing. After I didn't see him coming around the corner after being gone for less than a minute my heart started racing. With sweaty palms, I grabbed my keys and got in the car to go find him. I didn't exhale until I saw him walking down the street with two boxes of pizza without a care in the world. He was so confused as to why I was in the car.

"Mom ... I just went around the corner, what's wrong?"

I stared at my son, looking at the locs in his hair and the skin that was darker than any of his friends' in the neighborhood and I lied and said, "Nothing's wrong. I was just really hungry." We started laughing and went back to the house. Yesterday he learned about Ralph Yarl. Now he knows the truth.

On April 16, a 16-year-old boy was shot and wounded by a homeowner after he went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, Missouri, police said. Ralph Yarl was "shot twice and struck in the head and arm," his family's attorney said in a statement. Protestors took to the streets in Missouri following the incident, chanting "justice for Ralph" and "Black lives matter." They carried signs reading, "Ringing a doorbell is not a crime" and "The shooter should do the time."

The homeowner was taken into custody and placed on a 24-hour hold. They were later released while police work to get a victim statement and gather more forensic evidence.

Additionally this week, an Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired multiple rounds in the 2022 shooting death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, the state's attorney general announced April 17. The Attorney General's office said the officers were under threat because Walker had fired a gunshot at them during a car and foot chase.

Walker's death last June sparked protests in Akron, Ohio after police released body camera footage showing him dying in a slew of gunfire. Police said Walker refused to stop when they tried to pull him over for minor equipment and traffic violations and fired a shot from his car 40 seconds into the pursuit.

Walker's death received attention from activists, including from the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The NAACP and Walker's family attorney called on the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation.

Earlier this year, three men who were sentenced to life in prison for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery were also found guilty of federal hate crimes. The father and son who armed themselves and initiated the pursuit were denied any chance of parole. The life sentences were announced after Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty in the fatal shooting of two men during protests in Kenosha in 2020.

George Floyd's dying under Derek Chauvin's knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. People across the country continue to call for justice in the killings of Daunte Wright, Rayshard Brooks, Daniel Prude, Breonna Taylor and many others. The case of the three white men accused of killing Arbery while he was jogging last year in Georgia drew national attention as well. Some states have been actively updating their policing protocols over the past year but the growing list of deaths is evident that, as a country, we still have a long way to go.

We're continuing our commitment to highlight content that will continue the conversation, add historical context to these issues and enable change. Below you will find programs that profile police departments, specials that detail conversations parents of color have with their children, documentaries that cover the treatment of African Americans since slavery and films that shed light on both past and current civil rights activism.

These offerings are resources for everyone, regardless of race, to educate themselves on all of the ways inequality in America shows up in everyday life. We will update this page as programs become available for streaming online and on the PBS Video App. Check local listings for broadcast times.

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Explore films and new specials focused on race.

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Black homeownership is something that's hard to achieve because of the racial barriers put in place when it comes to buying a home. Some brokers are willing to help the black community out with the purchasing process so that the opportunities between whites and blacks are fair.

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Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

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Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It’s also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs.