White Americans see many immigrants as ‘illegal’ until proven otherwise, survey finds
Fueled by political rhetoric about dangerous criminal immigrants, many white Americans assume low-status immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Syria, Somalia and other countries President Donald Trump labeled “shithole” nations have no legal right to be in the United States, new research in the journal American Sociological Review suggests.
Study: Black millennials’ world view shaped by violence
More than half of black youth report that they or
someone they know was harassed by or experienced violence from the
police, compared with one third of white youth and one quarter of Latino
youth, according to a new report on black millennials co-authored by
researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of
Chicago.
Study suggests young people support LGBT rights, but priorities differ by race
Young people express strong support for marriage equality, but believe the push for same-sex marriage has diverted too much attention from other important issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, suggests a new national survey by researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in
St. Louis.