Analysis: White Republicans think whites, blacks and Hispanics face about the same amount of discrimination
President Trump speaks after a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower on Aug. 15, 2017, in New York City. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 15 at 2:29 PM There are certain aspects of racism on which all Americans agree. The Klan, for example. Using racial slurs to denigrate someone. Segregated drinking fountains and city buses. The sorts of marks of discrimination that are almost definitionally racist.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there were fairly broad disagreements about the extent of discrimination various groups faced depending on the political leaning of the respondent. Nearly three-quarters of Democrats said that Muslims faced a lot of discrimination, while only about a third of Republicans agreed. More than half of Republicans viewed whites as facing at least some discrimination, while only a quarter of Democrats held the same position.
On most other points, the views of Democrats and Republicans have not changed in sync. Since 2009, far more Democrats are more likely to say that blacks, Hispanics and women face a lot of discrimination, while Republican views of those groups have mostly stayed the same. Republicans are more likely now to say that white evangelical Protestants face a lot of discrimination than said that three years ago.
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