When it comes to age, younger adults are more likely than older ones to say the descendants of enslaved people should be repaid: 45% of adults under 30 take this view, compared with 18% of adults 65 and older. By comparison, only 8% of Republicans and GOP leaners say these descendants should be repaid in some way, and 91% say they should not. Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, views are split: 48% say descendants of enslaved people should be repaid in some way, while 49% say they shouldn’t be repaid.

There are also notable differences by partisan affiliation. should be repaid in some way, while 18% of White Americans say the same. Around three-quarters of Black adults (77%) say the descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. Views of reparations for slavery vary widely by race and ethnicity, especially between Black and White Americans. Here are the questions used for the survey, along with responses, and its methodology. This gives us confidence that any sample can represent the whole population (see our Methods 101 explainer on random sampling). Recruiting panelists by phone or mail ensures that nearly all U.S. White and Asian respondents include those who report being only one race and are not Hispanic. adults on the ATP for the general population portion of the survey. Respondents on both panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. The survey includes 1,025 Black adults on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP) and 2,887 Black adults on Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel. adults include those who are single-race, non-Hispanic Black Americans multiracial, non-Hispanic Black Americans and adults who indicate they are Black and Hispanic. It is part of a larger project that aims to understand Americans’ views of racial inequity and social change in the United States.įor this analysis, we surveyed 3,912 Black U.S. This analysis examines differences in Americans’ views about reparations for slavery in the country.

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