Poll: White Americans See Rise in Discrimination Against Their Group

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Thirty-five percent of American adults believe discrimination has increased against their white compatriots over the past five years, according to the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues Poll.

A nationally representative sample of 2,091 Americans were surveyed in May by Nielson Scarborough, which examined their perceptions of whether racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination toward White, Black, Latino, Asian, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Americans had increased or decreased. The respondents were also asked whether these groups strengthened or weakened American society.

Twenty-five percent of respondents felt white Americans – the dominant racial group in the US – were discriminated against "a lot more." The figure was only significantly surpassed by the 33% who said discrimination against Asian Americans had increased "a lot more."

The questions were part of a broader poll on domestic and foreign issues. The survey accounted for the variables of age, gender, race, ethnicity, household income, level of education, census regional division, and political party affiliation.