Public opinion about satisfaction with the treatment of Blacks in America has declined since 2013, according to a poll by Gallup. The poll questioned national adults, whites, Blacks and Hispanics. All four groups saw a decline by at least 14 percent when going from 2013 to 2015.
Satisfaction among national adults is pegged at 49 percent — the lowest it’s been since the poll’s inception in 2001. This is a sharp decline from just two years ago, when it was 62 percent. Whites also saw a significant lowering from 2013, when 67 percent said they were satisfied. Now whites see almost an even split, with 53 percent satisfied. Similarly, Hispanics shifted from 61 to 49 percent.
Blacks have consistently expressed the lowest percentage of satisfaction since 2001. In 2013, the majority of every other group expressed satisfaction with how Blacks were treated — but only 47 percent of Blacks agreed. In 2015, this number has gone down even lower to 33 percent.
