Poll reveals white Americans see an increase in discrimination against other white people and less against other racial groups

Polling suggests that white and Black Americans are coming from different positions on discrimination. DigitalVision Vector/Getty Images

Despite largely holding the political, economic and social levers of power, nearly a third of white Americans say they have seen “a lot more” discrimination against white people in the past five years – and more than half of them say they have not seen a rise in discrimination against Black and Latino Americans.

A May 2022 University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll further found that a majority of white Americans do not believe that there has been a rise in discrimination against minority groups.