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Ethnic Minorities in U.S. Still Suffer From Discrimination
Ethnic minorities in the United States are still feeling the sting of discrimination as many of them complained at being victimized by racial profiling by police, job rejection, workplace bias and poor service in stores and restaurants.
A survey by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University published as a front-page story by The Washington Post on Friday, showed that about four out of 10 blacks -- 37 percent -- said they had been "unfairly stopped by police" just because they were black.
Complaints of racial profiling by police are especially higher among black men, which reached 52 percent, as compared to the 25 percent among black women, it added.
In addition, one in five Latino and Asian men also reported that they had experiences of being stopped unfairly by police who had no other motivations than racial discrimination.
More than a third of all blacks interviewed complained that they had been rejected for a job or failed to get a promotion just because of the color of their skin. One in five Latinos and Asians also said they had been biased against in the workplace due to their race or ethnicity.
According to the survey, the overwhelming majorities of blacks, Latinos and Asians also reported they had suffered at least one of such prejudices as poor service in stores or restaurants, disparaging comments, and suspicions from people they encountered because of their race or ethnicity.
Black people met with far more discrimination than either Latinos or Asians, and black men reported facing prejudice more often than black women, the survey found. Nearly half -- 46 percent -- of all blacks said they had experienced discrimination in the past 10 years, including 55 percent of black men and 40 percent of black women.
Four in 10 Latinos and Asians also complained that they, too, had encountered incidences of being prejudiced in the past 10 years, The Washington Post reported.
Incidences of targeting minorities by police have been widely publicized all over the country in the past years, but some police insisted that their actions should be justified since minorities are more prone to commit crimes, the newspaper said.
Not long ago, African Americans in Cincinnati, Ohio, staged a city-wide demonstration against the shooting death of an innocent black youth by police. The emotion-packed protests against racial discrimination developed into a rioting later, causing serious damages to the city.
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