Is the U.S. Really All That 'Post-Racial'?

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Along with its official events, inauguration week included a virtual festival of national self-congratulation about how “post-racial” the U.S. has become. But while it’s hard to deny that progress has been made, ABC News/Washington Post polling (fielded just before inauguration day) finds a sharp black/white divide in opinion about its extent.

One question in the survey asked whether black people “who live in your community experience racial discrimination, or not.” Among white respondents, 11 percent said “yes, often,” 25 percent said “yes, occasionally,” 8 percent said “yes, rarely” and 55 percent said “no.”

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