For the first time in CBS news' polling history, a majority of both blacks and whites see improved race relations. Fifty-nine percent of African Americans -- along with 65 percent of whites -- now characterize the relationship between blacks and whites in America as "good," according to a new CBS News/New York Times survey. Less than a year ago, just 29 percent of blacks said race relations were good. The percentage of blacks who say race relations are bad, meanwhile, has dropped from 59 percent last July to 30 percent today.
Sixty-one percent of blacks say there has been real progress in getting rid of racial discrimination since the 1960s. That's up from 37 percent in December 1996. Eighty-seven percent of whites say there has been real progress since the 1960s.
Source - Poll: Blacks See Improved Race Relations
The CBS/New York Times poll says this is not about Barack Obama's election.
But clearly the election of Obama, and the way people of all colors pulled together to make that happen, was a revelation for many of us. When I recall conversations with black and white people who feared that Obama could never win because of his skin color, it feels like a time very distant from now.
I think race relations have improved, too. I sense a renewed willingness to talk about racial issues and to do some listening. I would not characterize race relations as good or bad. I would characterize them as still wounded and in need of great care. We need to continue conversations and actions to reconcile issues where there is great disconnect and problems still fester unaddressed.
Despite the increasingly positive perceptions, however, most blacks feel that discrimination lingers. Asked who has a better chance to get ahead in U.S. society, 51percent of blacks said white people do. Forty-four percent said both races had equal opportunity, while just 1 percent said blacks had an advantage. White people, by contrast, were far more likely to see a level playing field, with 62 percent saying both races had equal opportunity. Roughly one in four white said white people have a better chance to get ahead, while 7 percent of whites said black people have better opportunities.READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE for yourself
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By: Len on 4/29/2009 8:57AM
Get over your selves. Many people including whites are tired of the blame game. When I grew up I did not even know there was a difference in whites and blacks until I was mistreated by black kids in school. Even now my daughter is learning about racism from black kids in school in the same way. I also do not see "The White Spin, or White TV or White Padget" do you. I wonder what would be said if there was. I think you are perpetuating the problem. I am an American first then my race second.
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By: Deedee Macdonnell on 5/20/2009 8:33PM
i agree with you...i am so sick of these crying
blacks being "victims" when they still want
affirmative action..they want money for "black
colleges"...the NAACP...they are 10% of the
population and have more blacks as criminals
than smart students...they need quotas i guess
because the asians and the jews don't ...I
WANT WHITE COLLEGES...WHITE WORKERS..SEE HOW THEY
LIKE IT THEN...
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By: Keith on 5/10/2009 8:11PM
In search of Absolute Truth: All human beings have a colour - if you're America you have a color! Some are yellowy orange (like those from Western Asia), some are pinky orange (like those from Europe), some are reddy orange (like those originally fom North America), some are olivy yellow (like those from Central Asia), some are browny orange (like those from Northern Africa), some are brown (like those from Southern Africa), some are greeny yellow (like those from the Mediiterranean), some are bluey brown (like those from Central Africa) and so on and on - The point is that there are no hard and fast categories of people - Even the orangy pink people of Europe have different hues or shades. There are no black people or white people (this page is white and the writing is black). There are just humans with colours. God did not make a mistake - make no mistake. So love one another!! - Colourblind
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By: sicilian1 on 6/15/2009 7:53PM
I myself am exhausted with ALL this racial talk. Everything is always about race and some kind of self-deluded resentment that the "complainers" never even experienced themselves.
All the gripers act like their racsism is "justified" because of centuries old transgressions. How many times does the "white-man" have to apologize for things he isn't even responsible for at the present time. How much "white-guilt" will ever suffice to all these "wronged-peoples". Peoples that have fabricated beefs that never happened. But because everyone is so scared to death about offending someone they let these fakers and "victims" get away with everything.
Duh! Obama's "black". The black man is responsible for the the greatest comtemporary form of entertainment, HIP-HOP!!! Which has completely infultrated white suburbia like nothing. Every white-boy wants to be "gangsta".
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