‘Deep suspicion marks relations between minority groups in US’
Silicon Valley, Dec 22 (PTI) Serious racial tensions exist between the three largest minority groups in the US — Asians, African-Americans and Hispanics, according to a new survey.
The survey, exposing various facets of racial friction between the three groups, revealed that they viewed each other with deep suspicion.
The nation’s first multilingual poll, sponsored by New America Media (NAM), an association of over 700 ethnic media outlets, also found majorities in each group favoured putting differences aside to work together for the bettermentof their communities.
“This extraordinary poll reveals some unflattering realities that exist in America today,” said Sandy Close, Executive Editor and Director of NAM.
Broadly, the poll of 1,105 respondents found that the predominantly immigrant populations - Hispanics and Asians - expressed far greater optimism about their lives in America, concluding that hard work was rewarded in the society.
By contrast, over 60 per cent of the African-Americans polled did not believe the ‘American Dream’ worked for them.
They also described themselves as more segregated from the rest of America than the other groups.
The poll found that friction between ethnic and racial groups, which often erupted into highly-publicised incidents around the country, was rooted in the mistrust that the groups harbored towards each other.
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The Hindu
