Approval of U.S. Race Relations The proportion of Americans who believe race relations are generally good has declined overall since 2009. This signals a modest improvement since July’s Times/CBS poll, which found a 57 percent majority calling race relations bad and just 37 percent good. Pew’s new poll included the long-term Times/CBS question and found that 61 percent of blacks and 45 percent of whites now say race relations are generally bad. While most African-Americans think individual racism is a bigger factor than institutional racism, they also say they have experienced unfair treatment by a number of institutions. Few Americans think the movement will help blacks achieve equality.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 16:33 UTC