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Agreement that Whites get away with offenses that African Americans would never get away with, asked in the CES in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
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Latest: 17% answered “Neither agree nor disagree” in CES: Whites get away with offenses Black Americans would not, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Whites get away with offenses African Americans would not | Whites get away with offenses African Americans would not How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites get away with offenses that African Americans would never get away with.] Caveat: 2020 wording appears truncated (omits 'never get away with'), but meaning is likely the same | 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 get away with offenses Blacks would not | Whites get away with offenses Blacks would not How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites get away with offenses that African Americans would never get away with.] Caveat: Same wording and scale as reference | 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 get away with offenses Black Americans would not | Whites get away with offenses Black Americans would not How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Whites get away with offenses that African Americans would never get away with.] Caveat: Same wording and scale as reference | 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 |