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Nearly half of U.S. blacks say they've been mistreated recently: Gallup

Xinhua, August 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nearly half, or 46 percent, of blacks in the U.S., reported being treated unfairly in the past 30 days before the period of June 7-July 1, found a Gallup poll released Monday.

Gallup has asked about unfairness against blacks in five situations in the past decade, including discrimination while at work, while shopping, while in dealing with police, while at a bar or restaurant, and while getting healthcare.

Among the 46 percent of blacks who reported receiving unfair treatment in at least one situation, slightly less than half, or 45 percent, listed only one of the situations. Twenty-five percent listed two, 20 percent listed three, 7 percent mentioned four, and 3 percent named all five, according to the June 7-July 1 poll.

In addition to asking U.S. blacks to report on their own treatment, Gallup has often asked Americans more broadly how they perceive blacks being treated in their community and in specific situations such as shopping and while at work.

The assessment by blacks of how they are treated in their community shows little change, the poll discovered.

Meanwhile, whites have become more likely in the past two years than previously to perceive that blacks are being treated less fairly than whites in their community.

In the poll, both blacks, at 67 percent, and whites, at 40 percent, are more likely to perceive that blacks are treated unfairly in dealings with the police than in any of the other four situations, Gallup found.

In every situation, blacks are significantly more likely than whites to say that discrimination against blacks exists in their community, Gallup found.

Fifty-two percent of blacks and 17 percent of whites say that blacks are treated less fairly on the job or at work, as well as in stores downtown or in the shopping mall, Gallup found.

Forty-one percent of blacks and 16 percent of whites think there is discrimination against blacks in neighborhood shops. Thirty-seven percent of blacks and 15 percent of whites think there is discrimination against blacks in restaurants, bars, theaters or other entertainment places, Gallup said. Endit