Poll: Racial Groups View Each Other With Mistrust America, the proverbial melting pot, is boiling over with racial tension. Tension that may be impeding success for all racial groups, argue analysts from New America Media, the nation’s largest collaboration of ethnic news media.
New America Media's most recent poll, Deep Divisions, Shared Destiny, reveals some unflattering realities concerning the ways in which America’s largest ethnic groups view each other. The poll uncovers the deep-seated mistrust some minorities have for one another and defines several stereotypes perpetuated by both ethnic and mainstream media sources.
In addition to identifying the unique strains of intentional isolation among Black, Hispanic and Asian American respondents, the survey also illuminates the desire expressed by all three groups to work collaboratively to build safer and stronger communities.