AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks

[Jazzy]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not.



Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some Americans' more favorable views of blacks.



Racial prejudice has increased slightly since 2008 whether those feelings were measured using questions that explicitly asked respondents about racist attitudes, or through an experimental test that measured implicit views toward race without asking questions about that topic directly.

In all, 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey. When measured by an implicit racial attitudes test, the number of Americans with anti-black sentiments jumped to 56 percent, up from 49 percent during the last presidential election. In both tests, the share of Americans expressing pro-black attitudes fell.

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Wow, this is a very high percentage. Wonder what type of questions were asked.

 

[DrLeftover]

I smell politically motivated survey questions.



Where's the reverse survey? How many blacks harbor prejudice against whites?

 

[Evil Eye]

Wonder what type of questions were asked.

They linked the results and questions you know

http://surveys.ap.org/

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Aside from his title as the first black U.S. president, I don't see Obama as a particularly noteworthy (for lack of a better word) figure in regards to representation within the black community. In fact, I think the realization among some of the black community is that Obama's hesitance in at least addressing the racial climate in America was disappointing. If you look at the opportunities he was given, from the Trayvon shooting to the Gates Arrest, to put race on a pedestal he's made it a point to distance himself from that conversation.