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New CNN/ Savanta ComRes poll on different perceptions of racism from black and white Britons: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/06/europe/britain-racism-cnn-poll-gbr-intl/ 1/
This, incidentally, doesn’t necessarily contradict the findings of last week’s Ipsos Mori poll https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/attitudes-race-and-inequality-great-britain
The two polls look at different issues. The first was primarily on attitudes towards different races, and of whites' attitudes towards blacks and Asians. 2/
The two polls look at different issues. The first was primarily on attitudes towards different races, and of whites' attitudes towards blacks and Asians. 2/
CNN poll is about perceptions of racism and of what is racist. It’s not contradictory for most whites to think of blacks and Asians as fellow Britons, and to decry racism, but also for them to diverge both in the experience of racism and in attitudes towards, say, statues. 3/
The Ipsos Mori poll also found, for instance, that BAME respondents were more likely to think that blacks and Asians are treated worse by public services than whites. 4/
It’s also not contradictory to acknowledge how much Britain has changed over the past half century, but also to recognize how much still has to change, and the frustrations of many that change has not gone far enough. 5/
There is no class breakdown, but my guess would be that working class whites’ experience of policing or state authorities would be more similar to that of blacks and other minorities, but that they would still diverge on issues such as statues. 6/
Some odd aspects of the CNN/Savanta ComRes survey https://twitter.com/MattSingh_/status/1275102344557010944
