In a June 2003 Gallup poll, just 37 percent of African-Americans maintained they were "very satisfied" with their lives, as opposed to 55 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Another 45 percent of African-Americans were "somewhat satisfied" with their lives, but the total satisfaction level of 82 percent for African-Americans still trailed that of non-Hispanic whites (92 per…
In a Gallup poll taken in May 2003, 68 percent of Americans believed that African-Americans in their own communities are treated as well as whites. This figure, however, masked a distinct divide, with only 39 percent of blacks reporting that African-Americans are treated as well as whites, as opposed to 73 percent of whites who felt this way. When asked about treatment in particular situations, th…
When asked in a Gallup poll of June 2004 about relations between African-Americans and whites, 68 percent of Americans maintained that relations were "somewhat" or "very" good. While whites are more likely than African-Americans to perceive relations as satisfactory, only 13 percent of blacks considered relations "very bad." Interestingly, older Americans …
Considerable progress has been made in public acceptance of interracial marriage. In 1968 only 20 percent of Americans polled were accepting of marriage between couples of different races, but a June 2004 Gallup survey revealed that 73 percent of Americans approved of marriages between whites and African-Americans. Younger Americans are significantly more accepting than older Americans—with…
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States, in which Middle Eastern terrorists hijacked four planes—crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and one into a field in Pennsylvania—the number of accusations of discrimination against Muslims or people of Middle Eastern descent increased. Shortly a…
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