Americans are increasingly telling pollsters that they are worried
about "race relations" in the United States. These surveys are taken as a
sign of a deepening racial divide. But that interpretation may be
wrong.
Hillary Clinton visited Charlotte on Sunday, less than two weeks after the shooting of a black man by an officer there led to intense protests and some riots in the city. The former secretary of state, in a speech at Little Rock A.M.E. Church, was unusually candid for a presidential candidate in speaking about racial issues.
"My worries are not the same as black
grandmothers," she said, because "my grandchildren are white, because
they are the grandchildren of a former president and secretary of
state."
Clinton and
Donald Trump are asked often how they will improve America's racial
climate, including by NBC's Lester Holt at the first presidential debate
last week. The question is a natural one, with polls showing a sharp
decline in American optimism on racial reconciliation.
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