There is no time series on this, but other surveys show blacks to be more optimistic than whites. There are two reasons for blacks' greater optimism: they are younger than whites, and they have been progressing socioeconomically over the past few decades.
Thanks Cheryl. I'm not sure what to think of the 40% number, almost seems scary. The last 20 years have been very tough for non-college graduates, a period of no pick-up in the rate of college attainment among whites.
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Do they have a time series on this? Is this normal or have has the white population's opinion gone down since, oh, let's say 2008?
There is no time series on this, but other surveys show blacks to be more optimistic than whites. There are two reasons for blacks' greater optimism: they are younger than whites, and they have been progressing socioeconomically over the past few decades.
Thanks Cheryl. I'm not sure what to think of the 40% number, almost seems scary. The last 20 years have been very tough for non-college graduates, a period of no pick-up in the rate of college attainment among whites.
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