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AP poll: Majority in US have prejudice against blacks
Saturday, October 27, 2012 | 11:04 AM
WASHINGTON,USA (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognise those feelings or not.
Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some people's more favourable views of blacks.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2ATZtaw8w
Saturday, October 27, 2012 | 11:04 AM
WASHINGTON,USA (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognise those feelings or not.
Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some people's more favourable views of blacks.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2ATZtaw8w
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