Racial Bias & Discrimination

In this companion documentary, Asian American participants described navigating their own identity. These participants were not part of our focus group study but were similarly sampled to tell their own stories.

The stories shared by participants in our video documentary reflect opinions, experiences and perspectives similar to those we heard in the focus groups. Watch extended interviews that were not included in our documentary but present thematically relevant stories.

Use this quote sorter to read how focus group participants answered the question, “What does it mean to be you in America?”

In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.

32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.

Most Asian Americans say violence against them is increasing, and most also worry at least some of the time about being threatened or attacked.

In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.

About a quarter of Latino adults say they have personally experienced discrimination or unfair treatment from other Latinos.

Black Americans hold multifaceted views when it comes to trust in medical research scientists: Majorities hold largely positive views of their competence, but express concern about the potential for misconduct.

Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.