News Snapshot:
At a time of national crisis when Americans may benefit from rallying together, attitudes toward racial minorities seem to be hardening, especially when it comes to Asian and Black Americans. A study by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center released Wednesday shows that nearly 40% of Asian and Black Americans – as well as 27% of Hispanics – say they’ve had adverse experiences because of their race or ethnicity since the coronavirus outbreak began. Those experiences include hearing slurs or jokes or fearing someone may threaten or physically attack them. By contrast, only 13% of whites reported similar instances. In addition,...
