A majority of Americans believe racism against black people is “widespread” in the United States, a Gallup survey released Friday found. The survey showed 64 percent of U.S. adults expressing the belief that racism against black people is widespread across the nation, representing a 13 percent uptick from the 51 percent who said the same in 2009 during the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency. That number has continued to increase in the years following, reaching 60 percent in 2015 and 61 percent in 2016. Eighty-four percent of non-Hispanic black adults say racism against black people is widespread in the...