Poll looks at racial bias

JUNE 22, 2001

The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University have released the results of a poll on racial discrimiation felt by minorities and whites.

Nearly half of African-Americans said they have been the victims of discrimination in the past 10 years. Only 18 percent of whites said the same.

Almost 40 percent of African-Americans, 20 percent of Hispanics, and 11 percent of Asian-Americans said they have been stopped by police because of their ethnic or racial background. Only 4 percent of whites said the same.

The poll was conducted by telephone. No American Indians or Alaska Natives were studied.

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