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Agreement that Whites do not go to great lengths to understand the problems African Americans face, asked in the CES in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
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Latest: 28% answered “Neither agree nor disagree” in CES: Whites don't try to understand problems Black Americans face, 2024.
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| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
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| CES: Whites do not try to understand problems African Americans face | Whites do not try to understand problems African Americans face How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites do not go to great lengths to understand the problems African Americans face.] Caveat: 2020 wording truncated ('the problem'), otherwise same scale | equivalent | Strongly agree → Strongly agree; Somewhat agree → Somewhat agree; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Somewhat disagree → Somewhat disagree; Strongly disagree → Strongly disagree |
| CES: Whites do not try to understand problems Blacks face | Whites do not try to understand problems Blacks face How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites do not go to great lengths to understand the problems African Americans face.] Caveat: Same wording and scale | identical | Strongly agree → Strongly agree; Somewhat agree → Somewhat agree; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Somewhat disagree → Somewhat disagree; Strongly disagree → Strongly disagree |
| CES: Whites don't try to understand problems Black Americans face | Whites don't try to understand problems Black Americans face How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites do not go to great lengths to understand the problems African Americans face.] Caveat: Same wording and scale | identical | Strongly agree → Strongly agree; Somewhat agree → Somewhat agree; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Somewhat disagree → Somewhat disagree; Strongly disagree → Strongly disagree |