Discrimination & Prejudice

In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.

65% of Americans say that people being too easily offended is a major problem; 53% say the same about people saying offensive things to others.

Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.

Concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination are widespread in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this spring.

The U.S. is seen positively in advanced economies for its technology, entertainment, military and universities, but negatively for its health care system, discrimination and the state of its democracy.

New findings reveal exactly how the United States is more divided than the other 16 advanced economies surveyed.

Wide majorities in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed say having people of many different backgrounds improves their society, but most also see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups.

Currently, 55% of U.S. adults express at least some support for the Black Lives Matter movement, unchanged from a year ago.

Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.

The U.S. Muslim population has grown in the decades since 9/11, but views toward them have become increasingly polarized along political lines.