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Poll: 57% of Americans Say Race Relations in U.S. Are Bad

Poll: 57% of Americans Say Race Relations in U.S. Are Bad

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A man stands in falling snow following a news conference where members of Justice League NYC presented a list of demands in New York — A man stands in falling snow following a news conference where members of Justice League NYC presented a list of demands at City Hall in New York Dec. 10, 2014Andrew Kelly—Reuters

December 17, 2014 12:31 AM EST

A majority of Americans now say that race relations in the United States are bad, according to the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, which showed the most pessimistic assessment of racial issues in almost two decades.

In the wake of protests over the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police, just four in ten Americans told pollsters that they believe race relations in the United States are “good,” while 57 percent disagreed. And nearly a quarter — 23% — classified the current state of the country’s racial issues as “very bad.”

The data showed a dramatic slide from just 18 months ago…

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