The Racial and Ethnic Divide
National public opinion data can mask an extremely important racial and ethnic divide in people's views about crime and criminal justice. Blacks are far more likely than whites to see police brutality as widespread and to distrust police overall. (Please see our issue guide on Race for additional material.)
National public opinion data can mask an extremely important racial and ethnic divide in people's views about crime and criminal justice. Blacks are far more likely than whites to see police brutality as widespread and to distrust police overall. (Please see our issue guide on Race for additional material.)
- African-Americans are more likely to say that blacks are not treated fairly by the courts and that juries are ...
- Blacks are less likely than whites and Hispanics to say that the Constitution was meant to protect all people, and are ...
- Four in 10 blacks say they have felt they were stopped by the police because of their race, and whites are more likely than...
- There are significant racial differences between whites and blacks in their levels of confidence in the police
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