Most Americans believe racism is still a major problem in their society, survey finds

Confirming the reason why thousands of Starbucks employees participated in racial prejudice training, the new survey discovered that most Americans believe that racial discrimination is the most important issue

Less than two-thirds of respondents at NBC News / Investigation say that racial discrimination is still a "big problem" in American society. Almost three quarters of people say that racial discrimination against blacks is a serious problem

30% say that racial discrimination is not a big problem, but they believe that racial discrimination still exists. It shows that only a small percentage (3%) does not exist

Other answers indicate that even though the majority of powerful two-thirds say they are in the workplace, Americans still have serious differences in the race role in society I will.

According to the survey, many think that racial relations are pessimistic, most (45%) think that the situation is worsening, while one in every five people is improving the situation thinking about. One-third of respondents stated that the situation is about the same

However, the statistically equivalent crowd thinks that this race gathers too much or too little attention. Most people (57%) agree that "white people are benefiting from societal interests not found in black people", but most (41%) have little or no dynamic problems thinking about.

Following a series of incidents, people responded to these responses, where authorities were forced by ways by non-illegal African Americans to discuss the beliefs of prejudice that would affect everyday interactions.

Starbucks asked about 8,000 employees for training after being arrested in Philadelphia, a coffee chain, as two black men awaited their friends and caused a nationwide protest action.

Immediately after the Starbucks case was apologized to the Chief Executive Officer, President Nordstrom Lack apologized after the store manager warned the group of young African-American men. In another case, a Caucasian woman called the police in a public ale of black Ale students.

David R. Williams, a professor of public health, African American studies and sociology at Harvard University, says, "Most Americans believed that racial discrimination was not structural but personal, Stated. Charlton McWayne, Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, said that racial discrimination began in the 1970s and 1980s when the Negro became the representative of government assistance programs such as welfare . . McIlwain said that previous government plans such as the New Deal were designed to help poor Caucasians "lose economic paths" and help struggle after the Great Depression.

Why is this still there? Most white people say they are not responsible for apartheid and believe that racial equality has been achieved in other aspects of houses and society. In a survey conducted by the National Public Opinion Survey Center (NORC, 1994) in 1994, six Caucasians out of ten said "Blacks are worse than whites, income and housing ... mainly for discrimination. Other studies have shown that most white people believe that African Americans now have high quality education, skilled work and equal access to decent housing Most white people are institutional We believe that racial discrimination is no longer a fundamental problem of this society and that black Americans can only bear the responsibility for sustaining inequality, but this belief, including investigating respondents, It is nothing like a tooth like a tooth whitening a white person against the broad racial discrimination most white people still maintain.

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America is a multiethnic, multiethnic society. The main racial / ethnic categories of American society are Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American. Racial discrimination is an unlucky social problem that has existed since the establishment of the United States and I believe that one or more racial members are inferior to other race members. American racial discrimination is dominated primarily by ethnic groups and ethnic minority Caucasians. Historically, the majority of whites have selected racial / ethnic groups in the fields of housing, employment, education and criminal justice for discriminatory treatment and unequal treatment.