Poll: What Latinos Think of Race Relations in America

A new study out today says finds that five decades after the historic March on Washington, many Americans are saying that Martin Luther King’s “dream” has yet to come true.

 According to a new national survey by the Pew Research Center, fewer than half of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality.  When it comes to Latinos, around 43 percent of Latinos say that the U.S. has made “a lot” of progress in the past 50 years to achieving Martin Luther King’s dream. Meanwhile, slightly more — 48 percent of Hispanics — think “a lot” more has to be done to achieve racial equality.

 Latinos’ perspectives aren’t too far off from the rest of country’s. Fewer than half — or 45 percent — of all Americans think the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality. About the same amount, 49 percent of all Americans, think “a lot” more remains to be done.

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