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Gallup survey finds Americans' satisfaction with treatment of blacks drops to new low

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The proportion of Americans who are satisfied with the way blacks are treated in the country has declined to a record low, said a new Gallup survey.

According to the Gallup survey released on Tuesday, 49 percent of Americans now say they are satisfied with how blacks are treated, a sharp drop from two years ago when 62 percent remained satisfied. Describing the proportion "a new low" in its 15-year study, the Gallup report noted that blacks, whites and Hispanics all show significant declines since 2013 in their satisfaction with the treatment of blacks in the U.S..

Currently, 33 percent of blacks are satisfied with the way blacks are treated in society, a decline from 47 percent in 2013, said the survey, adding that the level of satisfaction among blacks with the treatment of blacks are now similar to what they were in 2007 and 2008.

A slim majority of whites remain satisfied with the way blacks are treated, but the figure has also dropped markedly compared with 67 percent in 2013. Hispanics' satisfaction with the treatment of blacks has also dropped from 61 percent to 44 percent over the same period and is back to where it stood in the latter years of George W. Bush's administration.

Americans' declining dissatisfaction with the treatment of blacks is specific to blacks and not part of a broader reassessment of how minority groups are treated in the U.S, said Gallup, adding that no meaningful change was found in Americans' satisfaction with the way Hispanics, Asians, Arabs, immigrants and women are treated.

Americans are more likely to believe that blacks are treated unfairly in various situations now than they were in 2007, when Gallup last asked the question. Overall, Americans are most likely to perceive blacks are treated unfairly by police, with 43 percent holding this perception.

The results of the survey came unsurprisingly as multiple polls and surveys had indicated that an increasing number of Americans now perceive race relations as the most important problem in the country after a series of deadly encounters between white police officers and unarmed black men made national news in the past 12 months. Endite