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Sharp differences over who is hurt, helped by their race
Pew Research ^ | July 18, 2016 | Shiva Maniam

Posted on 07/19/2016 6:17:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Black and white Americans have profoundly different views on racial equality, and a new survey finds they also differ on the extent to which a person’s race can be a burden or a benefit. For blacks, the answer is clear: 65% say “it is a lot more difficult to be black in this country than it is to be white.” Fewer than half as many whites (27%) agree.

The racial gap in perceptions of white advantages is even starker: 62% of blacks say “white people benefit a great deal from advantages in society that black people do not have.” Just 13% of whites say whites have benefited a great deal from advantages that blacks lack.

The survey was conducted June 7-July 5 among 4,602 adults on Pew Research Center’s nationally representative American Trends Panel.

Among Hispanics, 37% say it is lot more difficult to be black than white, which is higher than the share of whites who say this but far lower than the number of blacks who do so. Most Hispanics say white people benefit from advantages in society that blacks do not have; 33% say whites benefit a great deal from these circumstances, compared with 62% of blacks and 13% of whites.

The differences in attitudes on racial advantage are partisan as well as racial and ethnic. In the new survey, registered voters who support Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump diverge substantially in their views of the difficulties blacks face and the advantages that whites possess.

Nearly six-in-ten registered voters (57%) who support Clinton say it is a lot more difficult to be black than white....

(Excerpt) Read more at pewresearch.org ...


TOPICS: Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: blacks; polls; whites

1 posted on 07/19/2016 6:17:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
For blacks, the answer is clear: 65% say “it is a lot more difficult to be black in this country than it is to be white.”

They're not white, so how do they know what it's like to be white?

They only know what they've been told by the leftist media, leftist academia and Democrat politicians who want their votes.

Most black people refuse to attend conservative venues, and then complain that the fact that there aren't enough blacks is proof of conservative racism.

2 posted on 07/19/2016 6:23:24 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
For blacks, the answer is clear: 65% say “it is a lot more difficult to be black in this country than it is to be white.”

They're not white, so how do they know what it's like to be white?

They only know what they've been told by the leftist media, leftist academia and Democrat politicians who want their votes.

Most black people refuse to attend conservative venues, and then complain that the fact that there aren't enough blacks is proof of conservative racism.

3 posted on 07/19/2016 6:23:24 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the marxist 0bama got elected because he was black. Disadvantage whites, especially law-abiding whites.


4 posted on 07/19/2016 6:30:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Maceman

Shut the #### up you lazy ####s and go to school, get a job, get married and have kids in that order.

I thought you guys from the hood were so tough.

Geez you’re just a bunch of whiny B.tches

OF course a part of black society. Not all.


5 posted on 07/19/2016 6:31:21 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I admit, I am far less likely to be murdered by my neighbors. Just how is that MY fault?


6 posted on 07/19/2016 6:34:14 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think it’s about time African Americans started acknowledging their American Privilege. They benefit from a system that exploits low-wage workers in China and India every time they buy their designer clothes. They benefit from the exploitation of Africa with every gold necklace and diamond ring. They benefit from the oil we get from the Middle East. Some of them even benefit from the cheap labor of desperate Mexican immigrants. They are very high on the human foodchain. But all they can do is complain about not being on the very top.


7 posted on 07/19/2016 6:45:43 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (They aren't being radicalized; they're being activated.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I almost feel bad for these po folk.

I see everyday how advantaged I am.

I mean I am incredibly handsome, have a great smile and quick with.

I am extraordinarily brilliant as well.

The best part is I’m white and have the deepest Blue eyes women love to gaze into.

Now mind you I’m not near as good looking as Denzel Washington or Nathan Owens but, I limp along just fine.


8 posted on 07/19/2016 6:56:25 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

% who think that blacks work _________ as whites and Asians.

not nearly as hard
not quite as hard
about as hard
even harder
much harder

Wow! I can make a survey question with easy-to-predict results as well. Pew seems to be a waste of time, money and effort.


9 posted on 07/19/2016 7:01:05 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: All

The complaining gets louder and louder as Obama’s time in office comes to a close.

A large segment of black America actually thought their life would improve as if by magic simply because a black man was in the white house.

- and of course it didn’t.

Now they want someone to blame and they can not blame the man who has the same skin color - that would be impossible. So, its ‘ whitey’s ‘ fault or ‘ the Man ‘ keeping them down.

Nothing will improve unless they take it upon themselves to fix their own society.


10 posted on 07/19/2016 7:08:38 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where do I sign up for those “White Privilige” benefits? Do they have an office or a website?


11 posted on 07/19/2016 9:11:25 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: warsaw44

I’ll never forget that woman who proclaimed 0bama was going to pay her mortgage and for her gas out of his “stash.”


12 posted on 07/20/2016 4:05:07 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Excellence

Night of the first Obama election, Boston pub in the Back Bay.

Some friends and I had just gone in and ordered beer, the kids were going crazy as it was perfectly clear Obama had won.
Young black kid right next to me screams

” Now we gonna get sh*t! Good sh*t! White people sh*t! “

I turned to face him and asked point blank:

” You really think your life is going to change because this guy is the same color as you? “

He had a blank look on his face, confused for a second before he started in with “ F*** Y*** Mo****!! “

- and then thankfully a bouncer ( who had seen the entire display ) took the kid and tossed him out of the bar.

It boggles the mind.

But I suspect that same idiotic kid, now an “ adult “, was on board the Bernie Express this time around.

Who really knows...but the above election night is one I will not forget.


13 posted on 07/20/2016 5:09:27 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: warsaw44

On the other hand, you may have changed his life. Hopefully he will be able to start questioning his own premises.


14 posted on 07/22/2016 7:13:07 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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