Among whites, 64 per cent think there’s been a lot of progress and another 25 per cent think there’s been minor progress on voting rights, while 28 per cent think there’s been a lot of progress and 31 per cent partial progress toward equality in the criminal justice system. “I think the civil rights movement was phenomenal in forcing banks, political systems and educational systems” to change, said Grant Jay Walters, 53, of Hamburg, New York, who is white. I do not think the civil rights movement can go in and change the hearts of men. The poll found only one area — voting rights — where a majority said a lot of progress has been made for racial equality since the civil rights movement. Whites were more likely than blacks to think there has been progress in every area asked about in the poll.

Source: National Post March 30, 2018 14:43 UTC