Latinos are more likely to see strong conflict between immigrants and non-immigrants. Sixty-one percent do, compared to 56 percent of African Americans and 52 percent of non-Hispanic whites.
Anti-illegal-immigration activist Raymond Herrera (left) has a heated argument with Rudy Navarro outside Temecula City Hall in 2010.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds significant racial and ethnic differences in how Americans perceive conflict among groups.
Latinos are more likely to see strong conflict between immigrants and non-immigrants. Sixty-one percent do, compared to 56 percent of African Americans and 52 percent of non-Hispanic whites.
Immigrants themselves are less likely to perceive conflict. Forty-nine percent of immigrants believe there are strong conflicts between the foreign-born and the native born. But 61 percent of U.S.-born Americans with at least one immigrant parent perceive conflict.
Overall, 55 percent of Americans perceive a strong conflict – down from 62 percent in 2011.
Americans also were less likely to see strong conflict between rich and poor people in 2012 than in 2011, the survey found.
It’s unclear what caused the decline, but Pew notes that the 2011 survey was conducted shortly after the Occupy Wall Street movement focused attention on the growing gap between the super-rich and the rest of the nation.
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