According to a new poll released Saturday, three-quarters of black Americans say they are worried that they or someone they love will be physically assaulted because of their race.
A new Washington Post-Ipsus poll found that 75 percent of black Americans surveyed are concerned that they or others who care about them may be physically harmed because they are black. The statement came a week after a deadly shooting in a predominantly black neighborhood in New York's Buffalo.
According to the Hill news website, 70 percent of black Americans in the poll said they believed half or more white Americans had white racial superiority, while only 19 percent said less than half white Americans did.
Two-thirds of those polled said white supremacy was a bigger problem than it was five years ago; 28% said the problem is the same; Five percent said the problem is smaller today.
Respondents were also asked about their feelings after the Buffalo shooting, in which a white suspect killed 10 people and injured three others. Eleven of the victims were black, and the suspect apparently supported a racist "excellent alternative theory." Seventy percent of respondents said they were saddened by the bloody incident, while 62 percent said they felt angry. More than half said they were upset, 34 percent said they were scared, 21 percent said they were shocked and eight percent were surprised.