New Poll Finds Young Americans Comfortable with Racial Separation
WASHINGTON — About half the young adults in a recent poll said racial separation in America is all right "as long as everyone has equal opportunity."
The poll released last month by Hamilton College of Clinton, N.Y., found 50.3 percent of respondents said they strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement: "It's OK if the races are basically separate from one another as long as everyone has equal opportunities."
At the same time, 47.3 percent of those polled strongly or somewhat disagreed with the statement.
The poll, co-sponsored by the NAACP and Zogby International, surveyed 1,001 randomly selected people ages 18 to 29 over one week in April and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Among other poll findings:
Some 56 percent said the federal government should make sure Black people receive fair treatment in jobs.
About 57 percent agreed that generations of slavery and discrimination have created conditions that make it difficult for Blacks to work their way out of the lower class.
Some 54 percent said it was unlikely the United States would elect a Black president in the near future.
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